 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mokurwisa kweChickamauga, Mitchell akashanda saGeorge H. Thomass Chief of Cavalry for the Army of the Cumberland. Nguva pfupi Hondo yeChattanooga yechitatu isati yatanga, akarayirwa kuenda kuWashington, D.C., kunotongwa nedare rehondo. Maererano nemamwe manyuko, izvi zvaikonzerwa nekukuvara kwakakomba uko kwakamuita kuti asakwanise kuita basa remumunda asi izvi zvinopesana mu Zvinyorwa zveHurumende nekunyorerana kwaMitchell. Angave akaremara kana kuti kwete, akanga asingazooni mushandirapamwe unoshingaira zvakare, uye nokuda kwezvakasara zveHondo yeVanhu, akatungamirira Dunhu reNebraska, ipapo Dunhu reNorth Kansas, uye pakupedzisira Dunhu reKansas. Akaona basa muColorado Territory munaJanuary 1865, zvichitevera kurwisa kweIndia paJulesburg, Colorado, paOverland Trail, asi haana kubudirira kuwana musasa weIndia paRiphabhlikani River kusvikira vaenda. 