<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Njengoba esephumelele ekuqedeni ukuvinjezelwa kweChattanooga, uGeneral Grant manje wanquma ukuvimbezela kabili ibutho likaBragg. UMajor General uWilliam T. Sherman wayalwa ukuba ahlasele ngamadoda angu-20 000 evela enyakatho ngaseMishini Ridge, ngenkathi uMajor General uJoseph Hooker eqondiswa ukuba ahlasele esuka eningizimu ngaseLookout Mountain, acindezele amabutho aseNingizimu lapho, bese eqhubeka nokusika ukuhoxa kukaBragg ngenkathi uSherman noThomas bemshaya besuka enyakatho nasentshonalanga. Umncintiswano waqala ekuseni ngo-November 24, njengoba uHooker  <response>: waxosha amabutho e-Confederate avela eLookout Mountain kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-Battle Above the Clouds, ngenkathi uSherman ewela uMfula iTennessee futhi ethatha izikhundla kulokho ayecabanga ukuthi kwakuwukuphela komngcele we-Missionary Ridge - kuphela ukuthola ukuthi wayehlala egqumeni eliseduze, elibizwa ngokuthi iBilly Goat Hill, esikhundleni salokho. I-33 Alabama, eyayigxilile ngasekugcineni kwaseningizimu yeMissionary Ridge eduze nendlunkulu kaBragg, yezwa imisindo yempi eLookout Mountain, kodwa ayikwazanga ukubona isenzo ngenxa yenkungu eminyene eyayisimbozile. 