Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Stewart waxaa loo magacaabay brigadier general Nofeembar 8 waxaana loo xilsaaray inuu hoggaamiyo Guutada 2aad, Qaybta 2aad, Degmada Columbus, ee Waaxda Confederate No. Laba (horudhaca waaxda Tennessee), oo uu hogaaminayo Leonidas Polk. Stewart wuxuu qabtay jagadan laga bilaabo Nofeembar 16 ilaa Diseembar, markii gudihiisa loo wareejiyay Waaxda Qaybta Juqraafiyeed ee Koowaad, ilaa Febraayo 1862. Guurtidiisii waxaa dib loogu celiyay galbeedka Kentucky, waxaana si kooban loogu daray qeybtii John P. McCown, isagoo hogaaminaya difaaca magaalada ee Dagaalkii New Madrid ka hor inta uusan McCown ku amrin in la daadgureeyo oo laga saaro Wabiga Mississippi. Bishii Abriil 1deeda, raggii Stewart waxay ku biireen qeybtii Charles Clark, ee Leonidas Polk's corps, ee Albert Sidney Johnston's Army of Mississippi, kaliya waqtigii loogu talagalay
Dagaalkii Shiiloh. Halkaas, Stewart wuxuu hoggaamiyay gudihiisa weerarkii ugu horreeyay ee "Hornet's Nest" ee ku yaal bartamaha xariiqda Midowga.