Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Stewart akagadzwa brigadier general musi waNovember 8 uye akapiwa basa rokutungamirira 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Columbus District, yeConfederate Department No. Vaviri (mutangamire weDhipatimendi reTennessee), pasi paLeonidas Polk. Stewart akabata chinzvimbo ichi kubva munaNovember 16 kusvika munaDecember, apo brigade yake yakaendeswa kuDhipatimendi reFirst Geographical Division, kusvika munaFebruary 1862. Boka rake rakadzoserwa kumadokero kweKentucky, kwenguva pfupi yakawedzerwa kuJohn P. McCown's division, ichitungamirira kudzivirirwa kweguta muHondo yeNew Madrid pamberi paMcCown akarayira kuti ibviswe uye ikadzokera kuRwizi rweMississippi. Musi waApril 1, varume vaStewart vakabatana neboka raCharles Clark, muuto raLeonidas Polk, reAlbert Sidney Johnston's Army of Mississippi, panguva chaiyo yokuti
Hondo yeShiro. Ikoko, Stewart akatungamirira brigade rake mukutanga kwezuva kurwisa pa "Hornet's Nest" nzvimbo iri pakati pemutsara weUnion.