 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, Breckinridge akashanda semutungamiriri akazvimirira muRuwa rweMississippi, achichengetedza Confederate kutonga kwenzvimbo nekutora Port Hudson, iyo yakabatsira kumisa kufambira mberi kwemubatanidzwa pasi peRwizi rweMississippi. Munguvayi, General Braxton Bragg, aitungamirira Hondo yeMississippi, akanga achigadzirira kupindaweKentucky, uye Breckinridge akarayirwa kuti amubatane naye. Vatungamiriri veConfederate vaidavira kuti kuvapo kwaBreckinridge mudunhu kwaigona kukurudzira kunyoresa. Van Dorn akanga asingadi kurasikirwa nokutungamirira kwaBreckinridge nevarume vake, uye panguva yaakarega musi waOctober 15, Bragg akanga atodzokera kumashure kubva kuhurumende mushure mokukundwa muHondo yePerryville. Breckinridge neboka rake revarume 7 000 vakasangana naBragg paMurfreesboro, Tennessee. NaKentucky yakanyatsodzorwa neUnion, mudzimai waBreckinridge nevana vakatamira kumaodzanyemba ndokutevera mauto ake padhuze sezvakanga zvakachengeteka. 