<prompt> Ge a boela morago ka lehlabula leo, Stevenson o ile a bega go Madira a Bragg a Tennessee kua Chattanooga, Tennessee, moo Bragg a ilego a abela Stevenson taolo ya kakaretšo ya lehlakore la ka go le letshadi la Confederate ka godimo ga Thaba ya Lookout. Nakong ya Dintwa tša Chattanooga  <response>: Stevenson le banna ba Benjamin Cheatham mafelelong ba ile ba palelwa ke go thibela ditlhaselo tša Joseph Hooker thabeng. Mafelelong a letšatši, Stevenson o ile a dira phetho ya go tloša madira a gagwe thabeng, e le ge megato ya bona e šireleditšwe ke lefsifsi la phifalo ya ngwedi. Banna ba gagwe ba ile ba tlatša lehlakore la John C. Breckinridge la ka go le letshadi pele ga Ntwa ya Missionary Ridge. Bragg o ile a boela morago go ya Dalton, Georgia, moo a ilego a fediša lesolo la gagwe, gomme a neela go rola ga gagwe modiro. Mopresidente Davis o ile a bea Joseph E. Johnston legatong la Bragg. 