Ku sii qor faqradan - Dagaalkii Chattanooga, Grant wuxuu ka shakisan yahay adeegsiga Ciidanka Cumberland dagaalka ugu weyn, isagoo ka baqaya in niyadjabkooda uu aad u hooseeyo kadib guuldaradii Chickamauga. Taa badalkeedana, wuxuu u adeegsaday ciidankii Potomac, kuwaasoo ku faani jiray guushii ay ka gaareen Gettysburg, si ay ula wareegaan Lookout Mountain
Ciidanka Tennessee, oo iyaguna dhawaan guul ka gaaray Vicksburg, ayaa qorsheynayay inay u adeegsadaan inay ku weeraraan garabka midig ee Confederate-ka ee Missionary Ridge. Ciidanka Cumberland waxaa la siiyay howsha yar ee ah qabsashada godadka qoryaha ee salka u ah Missionary Ridge. Si kastaba ha noqotee, markii ay gaareen hadafkooda, afar qaybood (mid uu hogaaminayo Philip H. Sheridan) ayaa ku soo duulay buurta waxayna ku jabiyeen xarunta Confederate. Markii uu Grant si cadho leh u waydiiyay cidda amar ku bixisay ciidamadii kor u kacay buurta, Thomas iyo Gordon Granger, oo ah taliyaha ciidanka, ayaa ku jawaabay inaysan ogeyn. Granger wuxuu intaas ku daray, "markii wiilashaasi bilaabaan, Jahannamo dhan ma joojin karto".