Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilu 1862 a yakin Shiloh a Yammacin Tennessee, Holtzclaw ya ji rauni sosai a cikin huhu na dama a ranar farko ta fada. Da farko an yi tunanin cewa an ji masa rauni har lahira, amma ya yi farfadowa mai ban mamaki kuma ya dawo cikin ayyukansa bayan kwana casa'in kawai. An ci gaba da shi zuwa Colonel kuma ya yi aiki a wani lokaci a Montgomery. A shekara ta 1863, ya sake ji rauni, wannan lokacin lokacin da aka jefa shi daga dokinsa a lokacin yakin Chickamauga a arewacin Georgia. Duk da haka, raunin bai yi tsanani ba don tilasta shi daga filin. A watan Nuwambar 1863, ya karbi umurnin brigade a cikin Stewart's Division a cikin Rundunar Sojoji na biyu na Tennessee kuma ya jagoranci shi a lokacin yakin Chattanooga, ciki har da yakin Lookout Mountain
Ka yi haƙuri. A wani lokaci, ya jagoranci tawagar Henry Clayton na dan lokaci.