 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokukunda paChickamaugamuna September 1863, maConfederate akakomba Chattanooga asi pakupedzisira akadzingwa naGrant muna November. Kukundwa kwakawanda kweConfederate kunogona kunzi kunokonzerwa nekutungamira kwakashata kwaGeneral Braxton Bragg, uyo akatungamira Hondo yeTennessee kubva kuShilo kusvika kukundwa kweConfederate muChattanooga mushandirapamwe. Wezvenhau Thomas Connelly anogumisa kuti kunyange zvazvo Bragg akanga ari murongi ane unyanzvi uye murongi ane unyanzvi, akakundikana kakawanda mumabasa, zvimwe nemhaka yokuti akanga asingakwanisi kubatira pamwe zvinobudirira navanhu vake. 