Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Hondo zhinji dzakarwiwa mudunhu <unk> mazhinji acho kukunda kweUnion. Ulysses S. Grant neUnited States Navy vakatora kutonga kweCumberland neTennessee Rivers muna February 1862 uye vakadzivisa kurwisa kweConfederate paShilo
muna April wegore iroro. Kutorwa kweMemphis neNashville kwakapa Union kutonga kwezvikamu zveWestern neCentral. Kudzora kwakasimbiswa paHondo yeStones River paMurfreesboro mukutanga kwaJanuary 1863.