 Twombly akatakura mavara euto rake mukati meApril 1862 Hondo yeShilo uye akabatanidzwa muKukombwa kweKorinde, Mississippisomutevedzeri womutevedzeri. Muna October 1862, Twombly akakuvara ibvi muhondo yechipiri yeKorinde. Akaiswa muchipatara ndokuiswa pazororo kwevhiki nhanhatu kuti amubetsere kupora kubva mukukuvara. Muna 1863, chikwata chaTwombly chakanga chagara muKorinde, uye chakaita zviito zvakawanda zvinopesana nemauto evatasvi vemabhiza eConfederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. 