Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1861, Scott ya zama mataimakin shugaban kungiyar 68th Ohio Infantry, kuma shugaban wannan rukunin 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.