Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1862, a họpụtara Vance ka ọ bụrụ onye na-arụ ọrụ dịka onye enyemaka onye isi ndị ọchịagha William Rosecrans n'oge mkpọsa Tullahoma. Ọ lụrụ ọgụ na Agha nke Farmington n'oge nnọchibido nke Kọrint. Mgbe ahụ, e nyere Vance ọrụ na Bardstown, Kentucky site na Ọktọba 1862 ruo Jenụwarị 1863, na-agbachitere ya site na mwakpo ndị agha Confederate. N'ọnwa Machị, e buliri Vance n'ọkwa Assistant Inspector General nke 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XX Corps ruo Ọktọba. Ya na ndị agha ahụ lụrụ ọgụ na Liberty Gap na Chickamauga, ebe a kpọtụrụ ya aha na ozi nke General William Carlin maka omume ya n'oge ọgụ nke abụọ. Carlin họpụtara Vance ka ọ bụrụ Aide-de-Camp, ebe o jere ozi ruo July 1864. Ya na Carlin lụrụ ọgụ na
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