<prompt> Ngwala go tšwela pele ka serapa se - Nakong ya kgwedi ya September le mathomong a October, Madira a Cumberland a ile a matlafatšwa ke madira a Madira a Tennessee, ao a bego a laolwa ke Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, gotee le makgotla a mabedi a madira a go tšwa Madira a Potomac ka tlase ga Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker. Ulysses S. Grant, bjale a le taolong ya mašole a Union ka bodikela ka tlase ga Lefapha la Sešole la Mississippi leo le sa tšwago go hlongwa, o ile a tšea maemo a Rosecrans ka George H. Thomas; Grant o be a laola mašole a kopantšwego a Union. Nakong ya diiri tša mesong ya October 27, madira a Union a ile a thopa Browns Ferry, yeo e ilego ya bula tsela ya go iša ditlabakelo go Alabama; tlhaselo ya mašole a Confederate kua Wauhatchie bošegong bja October 28-29 e lekile go thopa sekepe gape eupša ya palelwa. Bragg ka morago ka la 5 Nofemere o ile a romela sehlopha sa Longstreet go ya Knoxville le go nyaka go ba ka moka ga mašole a gagwe a go namela dipere, a fokotša maatla a madira a gagwe; Bragg o be a holofela gore Grant o tla gapeletšega go ntšha karolo ya madira a gagwe go imolla mašole a Union motseng. Tlhaselo ya mafelelo ya Union go madira a Confederate e thomile ka November 24, ge Hooker a thopa Thaba ya Lookout  <response>: le go tšhošetša lehlakore la ka go le letshadi la ma-Confederate. Letšatšing le le latelago, Sherman o ile a hlasela lehlakore la ka go le letona la mašole a Confederate kua Missionary Ridge eupša a ikhwetša a kgakgetšwe. E le go thuša Sherman le go gogela dihlopha tša Confederate ka go le letona, Grant o ile a laela pontšho kgahlanong le lefelo la Confederate. Pontšho ye e dirilwego ke Thomas e ile ya fetoga tlhaselo e feletšego yeo e ilego ya senya molokeloke wa Confederate. Bragg o ile a boela morago ka leboa la Georgia, a kgobokana gape go dikologa Dalton. Kgopelo ya gagwe ya gore a tlošwe mošomong e ile ya amogelwa ka December 1. Hardee o ile a tšea taolo ya madira ka nakwana, eupša o ile a gana kabelo goba taolo ya ka mo go sa felego. Go e na le moo, Davis o ile a kgetha Joseph Johnston gore a laole madira ka December 1863. 