Pardee akaenda kumadokero nevakasara veXII Corps neXI Corps, avo vakanga vatumirwa kunobatsira Hondo yeCumberland, yakakomberedzwa muChattanooga, Tennessee neConfederate Army yeTennessee. Chikwata ichi chakapinda muhondo yeWauhatchie, Hondo yeLookout Mountain
uye Hondo yeRinggold Gap vachiri pasi pehutungamiri hwaMaj. Gen. Joseph Hooker. Pardee, uyo anowanzotuka Geary, akarumbidza mufambiro wemutungamiriri wake wechikamu paWauhatchie.