Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E nyere Porter ọrụ dịka onye enyemaka n'okpuru Gideon J. Pillow, ma nyere aka ịhazi ndị agha nke Tennessee. Mgbe e jikọtara ndị agha a na ndị agha Confederate buru ibu, e kenyere Porter General Benjamin F. Cheatham. Dị ka onyeisi ndị ọrụ Cheatham, Porter keere òkè n'agha ndị a lụrụ na Belmont,
Shiloh, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, na nnọchibido nke Atlanta.