<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngenyanga kaSepthemba nasekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba, i-Army of the Cumberland yaqiniswa amabutho e-Army of the Tennessee, ayeholwa ngu-Maj. Gen. UWilliam Tecumseh Sherman, kanye namabutho amabili avela e-Army of the Potomac ngaphansi kukaMaj. Gen. UJoseph Hooker. U-Ulysses S. Grant, manje owayephethe amabutho e-Union entshonalanga ngaphansi kwe-Military Division yaseMississippi eyayisanda kusungulwa, wathatha isikhundla sikaRosecrans esiphethe uGeorge H. Thomas; UGrant wayephethe amabutho ahlanganisiwe e-Union. Ngamahora okuqala ekuseni ngo-Okthoba 27, amabutho e-Union athatha iBrowns Ferry, eyavula indlela yokulethwa e-Alabama; I-Confederate counterattack e-Wauhatchie ngobusuku buka-Okthoba 28-29 yazama ukuthatha isikebhe kodwa yahluleka. UBragg wabe eseya ngoNovemba 5 wathumela ibutho likaLongstreet eKnoxville futhi cishe lonke ibutho lakhe labashayeli bamahhashi, kunciphisa amandla ebutho lakhe; UBragg wayenethemba lokuthi uGrant uzophoqeleka ukuthi akhiphe ingxenye yamandla akhe ukuze akhulule ibutho le-Union edolobheni. Ukuhlasela kokugcina kwe-Union ebuthweni le-Confederate kwaqala ngoNovemba 24, lapho uHooker  <response>: yathumba iNtaba iLookout futhi yasongela uhlangothi lwesobunxele lwe-Confederate. Ngosuku olulandelayo, uSherman wahlasela uhlangothi lwesokudla lwamaConfederate eMissionary Ridge kodwa wazithola esesimweni esibi. Ukuze asize uSherman futhi adonsele amabutho e-Confederate ngakwesokudla, uGrant wayala ukuba kuboniswe isikhungo se-Confederate. Lo mbukiso kaThomas waphenduka ukuhlaselwa okugcwele okwaphula umugqa we-Confederate. UBragg wabuyela emuva enyakatho Georgia, waqoqa kabusha amabutho azungeze uDalton. Isicelo sakhe sokususwa esikhundleni samukelwa ngo-December 1. UHardee wathatha okwesikhashana isikhundla sokuphatha ibutho, kodwa wenqaba ukunikezwa noma ukuphatha unomphela. Esikhundleni salokho uDavis wamisa uJoseph Johnston ukuba ahole ibutho ngoDisemba 1863. 