 Vakabva vashanda kuNorth Carolina kusvika muna Chivabvu 1863 apo hurumende yakarairwa kuenda kuVicksburg, Mississippi, sechikamu cheGeneral John C. Breckinridges division pasi paJoe Johnston. Chikwata ichi chakaona chiito paKukombwa kweJackson. Mwedzi mitatu gare gare, muna August, vakatumirwa kunoshanda naGeneral Braxton Bragg muuto reTennessee, vachirwisana muhondo dzakadai seKennesaw Mountain, Resaca, Missionary Ridge uye Chickamauga vasati vadzokera kuMabvazuva kunodzivirira Savannah, Georgia. 