 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sechikamu chokugadzirira kwake nokuda kwePerryvilleMukurwisa kwake, General Braxton Bragg akakamura Mississippi kuva mauto akati wandei: Major General Earl Van Dorn akapiwa kutungamira kweDunhu reMississippi, rakanga rakatarisana neVicksburg, uye Major General Sterling Price akapiwa kutungamira kweDunhu reTennessee, raive kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweMississippi uye kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweAlabama. Bragg aitarisira kuti Price aizodzivisa mauto eUnion aUlysses S. Grant naWilliam Rosecrans kumadokero kweTennessee kubva mukusimbisa mauto eUnion muKentucky, uye aitarisira kuti Van Dorn ashande pamwe naPrice. Mutengo wakadudzira mirairo yaBragg sekureva kuti aifanira kurwisa mauto eUnion. Van Dorn, zvisinei, anosarudza kuenda kunorwisa mauto eUnion anotyisidzira Vicksburg ndokutanga kurwisa Baton Rouge, Louisiana, iyo yakakundikana; akabva afunga kurwisa pamwe chete naPrice paKorinde. Panguva iyi Price akanga asarudza kusamirira Van Dorn asi akaenda kunorwisa Iuka, achitora guta racho musi wa14 September. Mitezo miviri yeUnion, yaitungamirirwa naGrant naRosecrans, yakaungana paIuka musi waGunyana 19; Mutengo wakarwisa simba raRosecrans uye nekuda kwekutaurirana kwakashata uye mumvuri wemanzwi Grant akakundikana kurwisa pamwe chete. Paakaona kuti Grant akanga achiuya achibva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero, Price akasarudza kudzokera shure asati akombwa. 