Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te angitu o te whakaekenga o Chattanooga, ka whakatau a General Grant ki te whakaekenga takirua o te ope a Bragg. I whakahaua a Major General William T. Sherman ki te whakaeke me nga tangata 20,000 mai i te raki i te taha o Missionary Ridge, i te wa i whakahaua a Major General Joseph Hooker ki te whakaeke mai i te tonga i te taha o Lookout Mountain, ka hinga i nga ope o te Tonga i reira, ka haere tonu ki te tapahi i te reti a Bragg i te wa e patu ana a Sherman me Thomas i a ia mai i te raki me te hauauru. I tīmata te whakataetae i te ata o te 24 o Whiringa-a-rangi, i te wā i peia ai e Hooker ngā ope Confederate
mai i Lookout Mountain i roto i te mea e kiia nei ko "Battle Above the Clouds", i te wa i whiti a Sherman i te awa o Tennessee ka mau ki nga tuunga i te mea i whakaarohia e ia ko te pito tawhiti o Missionary Ridge - anake ki te ako kua noho ia i tetahi pukepuke tata, i huaina ko Billy Goat Hill, hei utu. Ko te 33 Alabama, i whakaekehia i runga i te pito tonga o Missionary Ridge tata ki te tari matua o Bragg, i rongo i nga tangi o te pakanga i runga i te Maunga Tirohanga, engari kaore i kite i te mahi na te kapua matotoru i hipoki.