Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin Chattanooga, 'yan Kungiyar sun yi kokarin kewaye sojojin Cumberland zuwa mika wuya, amma ƙarfafawa daga sojojin Tennessee a karkashin umurnin Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, da Joseph Hooker sun isa. An kori 'yan kungiyar daga birnin a yakin Lookout Mountain
da kuma Mishan Ridge a watan Nuwamba 1863. Duk da ra'ayin Unionist a Gabashin Tennessee, Confederates sun riƙe yankin don yawancin yakin. Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan faduwar Chattanooga, Confederates karkashin jagorancin James Longstreet ba tare da nasara ba sun yi yakin neman karɓar iko da Knoxville ta hanyar kai hari ga Janar Ambrose Burnside na Fort Sanders. Samun Chattanooga ya ba Sherman damar kaddamar da yakin Atlanta daga birnin a watan Mayu 1864. Babban manyan yaƙe-yaƙe a jihar sun zo ne lokacin da sojojin Tennessee a karkashin John Bell Hood suka mamaye Middle Tennessee a cikin kaka na 1864 a ƙoƙarin janye Sherman baya. John Schofield ya bincika su a Franklin a watan Nuwamba kuma George Thomas ya watsar da su gaba ɗaya a Nashville a watan Disamba. A ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 1865, bala'i mafi muni a cikin tarihin Amurka ya faru lokacin da jirgin ruwan "Sultana", wanda ke jigilar fursunonin Union da aka saki, ya fashe a cikin Kogin Mississippi arewacin Memphis, inda ya kashe mutane 1,168.