Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - Na tofia Porter e avea ma fesoasoani aoao i lalo o le taʻitaʻiga a Gideon J. Pillow, ma na fesoasoani e faatulaga le Vaegaau Faatapulaʻa a Tenesi. Ina ua uma ona tuufaatasia lenei vaegaʻau i le vaegaʻau tele a le Confederate, na tofia ai Porter i le vaegaʻau a le General Benjamin F. Cheatham. I le avea ai ma taʻitaʻi o le aufaigaluega a Cheatham, na auai ai Porter i taua i Belmont, Shiloh
, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, ma le Puipuiga o Atlanta.