 Zvinoratidzika kuti izwi rokuti Mauto eTennessee rakatanga kushandiswa mukati meUnited Army muna March 1862, kurondedzera mauto eUnited zvichida zvakanyatsorondedzerwa se Mauto eWest Tennessee; aya aiva mauto pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaMajor General Ulysses S. Grant muRuwa rweUnited rweWest Tennessee. Muna April 1862, mauto aGrant akapukunyuka muedzo wakaoma muHondo yeropa yeShilo. Ipapo, mukati memwedzi mitanhatu yakaratidzirwa nekuora mwoyo uye kushushikana kwaGrant, uto rake rakatanga kubatana nemamwe mauto maviri emubatanidzwa kuti vatonge Kurwiswa kweCorinth kusina ropa uye ndokuzoedza kubata nzvimbo dzeMubatanidzwa muTennessee neMississippi. Muna Gumiguru 1862, kutungamira kwaGrant kwakagadziriswazve uye kwakakwidziridzwa kune chinzvimbo chedhipatimendi, seDhipatimendi reTennessee; zita rekutungamira kwake rakange rakarongedzwa zviri pamutemo neiyo yeuto rake. Grant akarayira mauto aya kusvikira pashure pokukunda kwake kunokosha paVicksburg musi waJuly 4, 1863. Pasi pemamwe mauto makuru, kutanga naWilliam Tecumseh Sherman, mauto akafamba uye akarwa kubva kuChattanooga Campaign, kuburikidza neKununurwa kweKnoxville, Meridian Campaign, Atlanta Campaign, March to the Sea, Carolinas Campaign, uye kusvika kumagumo ehondo nekuparara. Nyaya ino inokurukurawo zvaGrant zva18611862 zvaaira Dunhu reSoutheast Missouri uye Dunhu reCairo nokuti mauto aGrant akatungamirirwa muHondo yeBelmont neHenry-Donelsonhondo yenguva iyoyo yakava musimboti weHondo yeTennessee. 