Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Ka dib markii uu si guul leh uga adkaaday go'aankii go'doominta ee Chattanooga, General Grant wuxuu 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. Tartanku wuxuu bilaabmay subaxnimadii 24-kii Nofembar, sida Hooker
wuxuu ciidamada Confederate ka saaray Lookout Mountain dagaalkii loo yaqaanay "Battle Above the Clouds", xili Sherman uu ka gudbay wabiga Tennessee oo uu qabsaday goobo ku teedsan halka uu u maleynayay in uu yahay geeska fog ee Missionary Ridge kaliya si uu u ogaado in uu qabsaday buurta u dhow, oo loo yaqaan 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.