 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munhandare yokuMadokero, mauto eConfederate, aitungamirirwa naGeneral Albert S. Johnston, akamanikidzwa kusiya Kentucky nechikamu chikuru chepakati nepakati peTennessee pashure pokurasikirwa neFort Donelson neFort Henrymuna February. Kutorwa kwenzvimbo mbiri idzi kwakaita kuti mukuru mukuru weUnion muhondo dzacho, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, ave gamba renyika. Johnston, achitevera chirongwa chakarongwa nemutevedzeri wake mukuru mukuru P. G. T. Beauregard, akaunganidza masimba akawanda sezvaaigona pedyo neCorinth, Mississippi ndokurwisa Hondo yaGrant yeTennessee pedyo neShiloh Church. Kunyange zvazvo akabudirira mukutyaira mauto eUnion kusvika pedyo neRwizi rweTennessee musi waApril 6, Johnston akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa muhondo, apo Grant akasimbiswa mukati mehusiku neHondo yeOhio, yakatungamirirwa naMajor General Don Carlos Buell. Grant akabva atungamira kurwisa mangwanani akatevera uye akadzinga maConfederates kubva mumunda, avo vakabva vadzokera kunzvimbo yavo kuKorinde. Major General Henry W. Halleck akatora kutungamira kwemauto eUnion anoshanda kumadokero kweTennessee ndokufambira mberi kuenda kuKorinde, uko mauto maviri akagara mukati mekukomba kwemwedzi. Achitya kuti kurwiswa kwakazara kweUnited pamusoro pekudzivirirwa kweConfederate kwakanga kwava pedyo, Beauregard akabvisa Korinde mukati mehusiku hwaMay 2930 pasina mauto aHalleck achiziva kusvikira mangwanani akatevera. 