<prompt> Feleletša polelwana e latelago: Grant o be a rulagantše go dira gore Madira a Sherman a Tennessee, a thušwe ke Madira a Cumberland, a hlasele karolo ya ka leboa ya Missionary Ridge, e le go lokišeletša go e theošetša ka lehlakoreng la ka go le letona la lenaba. Ka November 23, Major General George Henry Thomas o ile a makatša lenaba mosegare o mogolo, a gatela pele melaong ya Union gomme a tšea Orchard Knob, magareng ga Chattanooga le mmoto. Letšatšing le le latelago, Sherman o ile a palelwa ke go phetha thomo ya gagwe ya go fihla godimo ga mmoto wa Missionary, e lego seo se bego se le bohlokwa morerong wa ntwa wa Grant. Madira a Hooker a ile a tšea  <response>: Thaba ya Leihlo e diriša mosepelo o bohlale go hlasela lenaba, ka katlego e sa letelwago. Ka la 25 Grant o ile a laela Major General George Henry Thomas gore a tšwele pele go ya meepong ya dithunya ka Missionary ka maiteko a go thuša Sherman, ka morago ga ge madira a Sherman a paletšwe ke go tšea Missionary Ridge go tšwa ka leboa-bohlabela. Dikarolo tše nne tša Madira a Cumberland, ka bogare bja tše pedi tšeo di bego di eteletšwe pele ke Major General Philip Sheridan le Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood, di ile tša lelekiša ma-Confederate ka ntle ga di-rifle-pits ka tlase gomme, kgahlanong le ditaelo, ba tšwetše pele go hlasela ka 45-degree slope gomme ba thopa di-Confederate entrenchments go bapa le mmoto, ba gapeletša go boela morago ka lebelo. Ntwa ye ya makgaola-kgang e ile ya dira gore Union e laole Tennessee gomme ya bula Georgia, e lego lefelo la ka gare la Confederate, gore e hlaselwe ke Union. Grant o ile a newa pere e kgolo ya mmala o sekilego, Cincinnati, ke mothekgi yo a nago le tebogo kua St. Louis. 