Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Ka dib markii uu si guul leh u qaaday go'doomintii Chattanooga, General Grant wuxuu hada go'aansaday in uu laba go'doomino ku sameeyo ciidanka Bragg. Major General William T. Sherman waxaa lagu amray inuu weeraro 20,000 oo nin oo dhanka waqooyi ah oo ku teedsan Missionary Ridge, halka Major General Joseph Hooker lagu amray inuu weeraro dhanka koonfureed ee ku teedsan Lookout Mountain, oo uu ka adkaado ciidamada Koonfureed halkaas, ka dibna uu sii wado inuu gooyo dib u noqoshada Bragg halka Sherman iyo Thomas ay ka weerareen dhanka waqooyi iyo galbeed. Dagaalku wuxuu bilaabmay subaxnimadii 24-kii Nofembar, Hooker wuxuu ka saaray ciidamada Confederate
waxaa la dhahaa "Dagaalkii daruuraha dushooda", Sherman waxa uu ka tallaabay webiga Tennessee waxa uuna qabsaday goobo ku teedsan waxa uu u malaynayay in uu ahaa geeska fog ee Missionary Ridge kaliya si uu u ogaado in uu qabsaday buurta u dhow, oo loo yaqaano Billy Goat Hill, halkii. Ciidanka Alabama ee 33-aad, oo ku yaalla dusha koonfureed ee Missionary Ridge meel u dhow xarunta Bragg, ayaa maqlay dhawaqa dagaalka ee Lookout Mountain, laakiin ma arki karin ficilka sababtoo ah ceeryaamo cufan oo ku duuban.