Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Grant zubere ka Sherman's Army of the Tennessee, nke ndị agha Cumberland nyere aka, wakpo nsọtụ ugwu nke Missionary Ridge, na-akwadebe maka ịgbada ya n'akụkụ aka nri nke onye iro. Na November 23, Major General George Henry Thomas tụrụ ndị iro n'anya n'ehihie, na-aga n'ihu n'ahịrị ndị Union ma were Orchard Knob, n'etiti Chattanooga na ugwu. N'echi ya, Sherman emezughị ihe o bu n'obi ime, nke bụ́ ịga n'elu ugwu Missionary Ridge, bụ́ nke bụ́ isi ihe mere Grant ji mee atụmatụ agha ahụ. Ndị agha Hooker were
Ugwu Lookout na-eji ụzọ aghụghọ eme ihe iji merie onye iro ahụ, na ihe ịga nke ọma a na-atụghị anya ya. N'abalị iri abụọ na ise n'ọnwa ahụ, Grant nyere ndị ọchịagha George Henry Thomas iwu ka ha gaa n'ọgba egbe n'ebe a na-akpọ Missionary iji nyere Sherman aka, mgbe ndị agha Sherman na-emeghị ka Missionary Ridge si n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ. Ngalaba anọ nke ndị agha nke Cumberland, na etiti abụọ nke Major General Philip Sheridan na Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood duziri, chụpụrụ ndị Confederates n'ime oghere egbe na isi ma, megide iwu, gara n'ihu na-akwụ ụgwọ na ogo 45 ma weghara ndị Confederate entrenchments n'akụkụ ugwu ahụ, na-amanye ịlaghachi ngwa ngwa. Agha ahụ mere ka ndị Union chịkwaa Tennessee ma mepee Georgia, obi Confederate, na mwakpo Union. E nyere Grant nnukwu ịnyịnya ọcha, "Cincinnati", site n'aka onye nwere ekele na St. Louis.