<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UGrant wayehlele ukuba iButho likaSherman laseTennessee, lisizwe yiButho laseCumberland, lihlasele ukuphela kwasenyakatho kweMissionary Ridge, okulungiselela ukuliphonsa phansi ohlangothini lwesokunene lwesitha. NgoNovemba 23, uMajor General George Henry Thomas wamangaza isitha emini, ethuthuka imigqa yeNyunyana futhi ethatha i-Orchard Knob, phakathi kweChattanooga ne-ridge. Ngosuku olulandelayo, uSherman wahluleka ukufeza umsebenzi wakhe wokufinyelela esiqongweni seMissionary Ridge, okwakuyisihluthulelo sohlelo lokulwa lukaGrant. Amabutho kaHooker athatha  <response>: ILookout Mountain isebenzisa iqhinga elihlakaniphile ukuze ihlasele isitha, kwaba yimpumelelo engalindelekile. Ngomhla ka-25, uGrant wayala uMajor General uGeorge Henry Thomas ukuthi aqhubekele phambili emgodini wezibhamu ecaleni leMissionary ngomzamo wokusiza uSherman, ngemuva kokuthi ibutho likaSherman lihlulekile ukuthatha iMisionary Ridge kusuka enyakatho-mpumalanga. Izigaba ezine ze-Army of the Cumberland, ezinezikhungo ezimbili eziholwa nguMeya Jikelele uPhilip Sheridan noBrigadier Jikelele uThomas J. Wood, baxosha ama-Confederates emgodini wezibhamu esisekelweni futhi, ngokumelene nemiyalo, baqhubeka nokushayela emthambekeni wama-degree angama-45 futhi bathatha izikhungo ze-Confederate ngasogwini, baphoqelela ukuhoxa okusheshayo. Impi enqumayo yanikeza i-Union ukulawula iTennessee futhi yavula iGeorgia, inhliziyo ye-Confederate, ekuhlaselweni yi-Union. UGrant wanikezwa ihhashi elikhulu, iCincinnati, ngumuntu owayemthanda eSt. Louis. 