Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An nada Stewart a matsayin brigadier janar a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba kuma an sanya shi ya zama kwamandan Brigade na 2, 2nd Division, Columbus District, na Ma'aikatar Confederate No. Biyu (mai gabatarwa ga Ma'aikatar Tennessee), a karkashin Leonidas Polk. Stewart ya rike wannan matsayi daga Nuwamba 16 har zuwa Disamba, lokacin da aka tura brigade zuwa Sashen Farko na Farko, har zuwa Fabrairun 1862. An mayar da brigade zuwa yammacin Kentucky, a takaice aka kara da John P. McCown's division, jagorancin kare garuruwan a yakin New Madrid kafin McCown ya umarce shi ya kwashe kuma ya janye zuwa kogin Mississippi. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, mutanen Stewart sun shiga rukunin Charles Clark, a cikin Leonidas Polk, na Albert Sidney Johnston na Sojojin Mississippi, a daidai lokacin da
Yaƙin Shiloh. A can, Stewart ya jagoranci tawagarsa a ranar farko da aka kai hari a kan "Hornet's Nest" a tsakiyar yankin Union.