 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kiernan akasimbirira pakubatanidzwa mumapoka okurwa, uye mumugariro iwoyo sezviri pachena akagadzwa kuva Mukuru mu6th Missouri. Muna May 1863 paPort Gibson, Missouri, akakuvadzwa mumapapu eruboshwe uye akasiyiwa pamunda kuti afe. Awanazve ndokuiswa mutorongo, akapukunyuka akadzokera kumasoja eUnion ndokurega basa rake. Musi wa 1 Nyamavhuvhu 1863 akagadzwa Brigadier General weVanozvipira neMutungamiri Abraham Lincoln; achiraira nzvimbo paMilikens Bend paMississippi. Zvisinei utano husina kunaka somugumisiro wekukuvadzwa kwake muhondo yakamumanikidza kusiya basa musi wa 3 February 1864. 