Ku qor sii wadida faqradan - Kadib shaqadii ugu horeysay ee Pensacola, 33aad waxaa lagu amray inay u soo gudbiyaan Korintos, Mississippi, si ay ugu adeegaan Janaraal Albert Sidney Johnston's Army of Mississippi. Ka dib markii ay guuldaradii ka soo gaartay ciidankii Confederate ee Shiloh.
(taas oo lagu dilay Johnston waxaana lagu beddelay General P.G.T. Beauregard), 33-aad waxaa loo qoondeeyay guutada uu hogaaminayo Kornayl Alexander T. Hawthorn, oo qayb ka ahaa Ciidanka 3-aad ee Ciidanka. Bishii Luulyo 1862 guutada Hawthorn waxay noqotay qayb ka mid ah qeybta uu hogaaminayo Major General William Hardee, bishii xigtayna 33aad waxaa loo wareejiyay guutada (wali waa qeybta Hardee) oo uu hogaaminayo Brigadier General Sterling Wood. Private Matthews wuxuu sheegay in "lagu xidhay godadka dhoobada ah ee S.A.M. Wood ee guutada, " bishii May 1862, wuxuuna sidoo kale tilmaamayaa in isaga iyo asxaabtiisu ay ku beddeleen qoryaha Pensacola ee loogu talagalay" qoryaha Enfield ee cusub ee rinjiyeysan ee sanduuqyada ka baxsan, oo leh kartoonada kubbadaha Minie, bayonetada cusub iyo xabadaha". Wuxuu sheegay in dhowr askari ay xanuunsadeen, wuxuuna yiri "ma aanan jeclayn biyaha [ee Korintos], marka laga reebo in aan ka soo qaadnay ceel artesian ah oo qulqulaya".