Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba 1861, Scott ya zama mataimakin colonel na 68th Ohio Infantry, kuma colonel na wannan rundunar a 1862. Ya yi aiki a Tennessee, inda ya umurci ci gaba da Janar Janar John A. Logan a kan tafiya zuwa Mississippi. Ya yi alkawari a Port Gibson
, Raymond, da kuma Champion Hill.