Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba Porter izini a matsayin babban jami'in a karkashin Gideon J. Pillow, kuma ya taimaka wajen shirya Rundunar Sojojin Tennessee. Bayan da aka haɗa wannan rundunar tare da babbar rundunar sojojin Confederate, an sanya Porter ga Janar Benjamin F. Cheatham. A matsayin shugaban ma'aikatan Cheatham, Porter ya shiga cikin yakin Belmont,
Shiloh, Chickamauga, Mai wa'azi Ridge, da kuma Siege na Atlanta.