 Grant akaronga kuita kuti Hondo yaSherman yeTennessee, ichibatsirwa neHondo yeCumberland, irwise rutivi rwokuchamhembe rweMissionary Ridge, kugadzirira kuiburukira parutivi rworudyi rwomuvengi. Musi waNovember 23, Major General George Henry Thomas vakashamisa muvengi masikati machena, vachifambira mberi mumitsara yeUnion ndokutora Orchard Knob, pakati peChattanooga nechikomo. Zuva rakatevera racho, Sherman akakundikana kuita basa rake rokukwira pamusoro peMissionary Ridge, iyo yaiva chinhu chinokosha muchirongwa chehondo chaGrant. Mauto aHooker akatora Lookout Mountain achishandisa nzira ine unyanzvi yokurwisa muvengi, mukubudirira kusingatarisirwi. Musi wa 25, Grant akarayira Major General George Henry Thomas kuti aende kunzvimbo dzekupfura pfuti paMishinari kuitira kuti abatsire Sherman, mushure mekunge mauto aSherman atadza kutora Missionary Ridge kubva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva. Mapoka mana eArmy of the Cumberland, nepakati maviri anotungamirwa naMajor General Philip Sheridan naBrigadier General Thomas J. Wood, vakadzinga maConfederates kunze kwemakomba epfuti pachiteshi uye, vachipesana nemirairo, vakaenderera mberi nekupomera kumusoro kwe45-degree slope uye vakatora maConfederate entrenchments pamwe nekakwirira, vachimanikidza kudzokera kumashure nekukurumidza. Hondo iyi yakaita kuti Union idzore Tennessee uye yakaita kuti Georgia, nyika yeConfederate, ipinde muUnion. Grant akapiwa bhiza guru rakachena, Cincinnati, nomufudzi anoonga muSt. Louis. 