Pakudzoka kwake mumatsutso iwayo, Stevenson akashuma kuBragg's Army yeTennessee kuChattanooga, Tennessee, uko Bragg akapa Stevenson kutungamira kwese kweConfederate kuruboshwe kumusoro kweLookout Mountain. Mukati meHondo dzeChattanooga
, Stevenson nevarume vaBenjamin Cheatham pakupedzisira vakatadza kudzivisa kurwisa kwaJoseph Hooker pagomo. Pakupera kwezuva racho, Stevenson akasarudza kubvisa uto rake mugomo racho, kufamba kwavo kuchivharirwa nerima rokubatwa kwezuva. Varume vake vakabatana nechokuruboshwe chaJohn C. Breckinridge's wing nguva pfupi hondo yeMissionary Ridge isati yatanga. Bragg akadzokera kuDalton, kuGeorgia, achigumisa basa racho, ndokusiya basa. Mutungamiri Davis akatsiva Bragg naJoseph E. Johnston.