 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akatungamirirazve boka rake muKukombwa kweVicksburg, kuputsa kudzora kweConfederate kweRwizi rweMississippi. Grant zvakare akarumbidza Hovey senzira yekubudirira kwekukomba. Nokukurumidza pashure pehondo, akagamuchira shoko rokuti mudzimai wake akanga afa, uye akadzokera kumusha kundoronga vachengeti vavana vake. Rufu rwake rwakanga rwuchirwadza zvikuru Hovey uyo akanga achinonoka kupora mumirangariro. Akadzokera zvishoma mberi muna 1864 kune 1st Division mu XXIII Corps divi munguva yeAtlanta Campaign. MunaAugust 1864 1st Division yakamiswa uye mapoka ayo akapararira kune mamwe mapoka muXXIII Corps. Hovey, asina murayiro, akadzokera kumusha zvakare. Kwokupedzisira kwehondo akanga ari mutungamiriri wechiuto cheDunhu reIndiana. Akasiya basa muUnion Army musi waOctober 7, 1865. 