Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Oketopa 1861, ka noho a Scott hei kaitiaki o te 68th Ohio Infantry, me te kaitiaki o taua ope taua i te tau 1862. I mahi ia i Tennessee, i reira ia i whakahau ai i te ahu whakamua o te wehenga a Major General John A. Logan i te haerenga ki Mississippi. I whakaipoipo ia ki
Ko Port Gibson, ko Raymond, ko Champion Hill.