Waxad sii qortaa faqraddan - Dhanka kale, Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland waxay dib ugu laabteen Chattanooga kadib Chickamauga. Bragg ayaa raacday oo si deg deg ah magaalada ugu hareereeyay. Bishii Oktoobar 17, Rosecrans, oo niyad jabsan, ayaa laga qaaday amarkii waxaana lagu beddelay Major General George H. Thomas. Inkastoo Chattanooga aysan si buuxda u hareereysan, khadka sahayda ee Thomas aad ayuu u yaraa. Grant laftiisu wuxuu yimid magaalada Oktoobar 23, wuxuuna ballaariyay khadka sahayda ee daciifka ah. Kadib markii Major General William T. Sherman uu la yimid ciidamo xoojin ah, ciidamada Midowga waxay u gudbeen weerarka. Guushii Midowga ee Dagaalkii Lookout Mountain
qeyb kamid ah xariiqda Bragg ee 23-kii Nofembar. Laba maalmood ka dib, Thomas wuxuu weeraray ciidankii Confederate ee Missionary Ridge. Dagaalkii ka dhacay Missionary Ridge, difaacayaasha Confederate ayaa gabi ahaanba la wareegay waxaana la jabiyay go'doominta. Bledsoe Battery wuxuu ku arkay ficil culus oo ka dhacay Missionary Ridge, isagoo la kulmay ugu yaraan laba khasaare ah; afarta qori ee batteriga ayaa la qabtay.