Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Varume vanopfuura makumi maviri vanobva kuMaine vakashumira muuto reUnion semajeneral, uye vamwe vakawanda veMainers vakatungamirira mabhirigadi pane imwe nguva kana kuti imwe savakoroneli. Mukuru mukuru wepamusoro-soro aiva Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard weLeeds, uyo akatungamirira XI Corps muhondo dzakawanda huru, kusanganisira Chancellorsville neGettysburg. Akanga arasikirwa noruoko muhondo yeSeven Pines
panguva yePeniinsula Campaign ya1862. Mumatsutso a1863, Howard neuto rake vakatamisirwa kuWestern Theater kuti vabatane neArmy of the Cumberland muTennessee. Muhondo yeChattanooga, mauto aHoward akabatsira kubata Missionary Ridge uye kumanikidza Gen. Braxton Bragg kuti adzokere. Muna July 1864, Howard akava mutungamiri wehondo yeTennessee uye akarwa muAtlanta Campaign. Akatungamirira divi rokurudyi reuto raMaj. Gen. William T. Sherman muMarch yakakurumbira kuGungwa uye neCarolinas Campaign yakazotevera.