Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakawhiwhia a Porter hei kaitiaki rangatira i raro i a Gideon J. Pillow, a i awhina ia ki te whakarite i te ope taua a Tennessee. Whai muri i te taunga o tenei ope ki te ope nui o te Rōpū, i tukuna a Porter ki a General Benjamin F. Cheatham. I te mea ko ia te tumuaki o Cheatham, i uru a Porter ki nga pakanga o Belmont,
Ko Shiloh, ko Chickamauga, ko Missionary Ridge, ko te Siege o Atlanta.