<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Phakathi nomkhankaso waseChattanooga, ama-Confederates azama ukuvimbezela i-Army of the Cumberland ukuze anikezele, kodwa kwafika izinsiza ezivela e-Army of the Tennessee ngaphansi komyalo kaGrant, uWilliam Tecumseh Sherman, noJoseph Hooker. AmaConfederate axoshwa edolobheni empini yase  <response>: INtaba iLookout neNtaba iMissionary ngoNovemba 1863. Naphezu kwesimo se-Unionist e-East Tennessee, i-Confederates yabamba le ndawo isikhathi esiningi sempi. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuwa kweChattanooga, amaConfederate ayeholwa nguJames Longstreet ahluleka ukwenza umkhankaso wokuthatha iKnoxville ngokuhlasela iFort Sanders kaGeneral Ambrose Burnside. Ukuthunjwa kweChattanooga kwavumela uSherman ukuba aqale umkhankaso wase-Atlanta edolobheni ngoMeyi 1864. Izimpi zokugcina ezinkulu esifundazweni zafika lapho amabutho e-Army of Tennessee ngaphansi kukaJohn Bell Hood ehlasela i-Middle Tennessee ekwindla ka-1864 emzamweni wokudonsela uSherman emuva. Bahlolwe uJohn Schofield eFranklin ngoNovemba futhi bahlakazeka ngokuphelele nguGeorge Thomas eNashville ngoDisemba. Ngo - April 27, 1865, kwenzeka inhlekelele yasolwandle embi kunazo zonke emlandweni waseMelika lapho umkhumbi - ngwenya i - Sultana, owawuthutha iziboshwa zase - Union ezazikhululiwe, uqhuma eMfuleni iMississippi enyakatho yeMemphis, kufe abantu abangu - 1 168. 