<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuphumelela ekuqedeni ukuvinjezelwa kweChattanooga, uGeneral Grant manje wanquma ukuzungeza 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 ukuhlehla kukaBragg ngenkathi uSherman noThomas bemshaya besuka enyakatho nasentshonalanga. Umncintiswano waqala ekuseni ngo-November 24, njengoba uHooker eqhuba amabutho ase-Confederate  <response>: kusukela eLookout Mountain kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi iMpi Phezu Kwamafu, ngesikhathi uSherman ewela uMfula iTennessee futhi ethatha izikhundla kulokho ayekucabanga ukuthi kwakuwukuphela kweMishini 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. 