 Pakudzoka kwake mumatsutso iwayo, Stevenson akashuma kuBraggs Army yeTennessee kuChattanooga, Tennessee, uko Bragg akapa Stevenson kutungamira kwese kweConfederate kuruboshwe kumusoro kweLookout Mountain. Munguva yeHondo yeChattanooga, varume vaStevenson naBenjamin Cheatham pakupedzisira vakatadza kudzivisa kurwisa kwaJoseph Hooker pagomo. Pakupera kwezuva racho, Stevenson akasarudza kubvisa uto rake mugomo racho, kufamba kwavo kuchivharirwa nerima rokubatwa kwezuva. Varume vake vakabatana nerutivi rworuboshwe rwehwindo raJohn C. Breckinridge pamberi chaipo peHondo yeMissionary Ridge. Bragg akadzokera kuDalton, kuGeorgia, achigumisa basa racho, ndokusiya basa. Mutungamiri Davis akatsiva Bragg naJoseph E. Johnston. 