Bishii Sebtember iyo horraantii Oktoobar, Ciidanka Cumberland waxaa xoojiyay ciidamada Ciidanka Tennessee, oo uu hoggaaminayo Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, oo ay weheliyaan laba guuto oo ka tirsan Ciidanka Potomac oo uu hoggaaminayo Major General Joseph Hooker. Ulysses S. Grant, oo hadda ah taliyaha guud ee ciidamada Midowga ee galbeedka hoosta qeybta Milatari ee dhowaan la abuuray ee Mississippi, ayaa beddelay Rosecrans oo amar ku leh George H. Thomas; Grant wuxuu amar ku lahaa ciidamada Midowga ee isku dhafan. Intii lagu guda jiray saacadihii hore ee subaxnimo ee Oktoobar 27, ciidamada Midowga waxay qabsadeen Brown's Ferry, taas oo furtay waddo sahay ah oo ku socota Alabama; Weerar ka dhan ah Confederate oo ka dhacay Wauhatchie habeenkii Oktoobar 28-29 ayaa isku dayay inay dib u qabsadaan doontii laakiin way ku guuldareysatay. Bragg ayaa 5kii Nofeembar u diray Longstreet ciidankiisii Knoxville iyo ku dhowaad dhammaan fardooleydiisii, isagoo yareynaya awoodda ciidankiisa; Bragg wuxuu rajeeyay in Grant lagu qasbi doono inuu ka gooyo qayb ka mid ah ciidankiisa si uu u fududeeyo ciidanka Midowga ee magaalada. Weerarkii ugu dambeeyay ee Midowga ee ciidanka Confederate wuxuu bilaabmay Nofeembar 24, markii Hooker uu qabsaday Lookout Mountain
Waxayna cabsi galisay dhanka bidix ee kooxdii Confederate-ka. Maalintii xigtay, Sherman wuxuu weeraray garabka midig ee Confederate-ka ee Missionary Ridge laakiin waa la joojiyay. Si uu u caawiyo Sherman una soo jiito unugyada Confederate-ka dhanka midig, Grant wuxuu amar ku bixiyay banaanbax ka dhan ah xarunta Confederate. Dibadbaxa Thomas wuxuu isu beddelay weerar buuxa kaas oo jabiyay xariiqda Confederate. Bragg wuxuu dib ugu laabtay waqooyiga Georgia, isagoo dib ugu soo uruuriyay Dalton. Codsigiisa in la fududeeyo ayaa la aqbalay 1-dii Diseembar. Hardee wuxuu si ku meelgaar ah u qabtay hogaanka ciidanka, laakiin wuxuu diiday dalab ama amar joogto ah. Taa bedelkeed, Davis wuxuu magacaabay Joseph Johnston si uu u hoggaamiyo ciidanka bishii Diseembar 1863.