 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukuru Mukuru Morgan akarumbidza kupatsanura kwake nokuda kwokubudirira kwezviito zvavo mukutarisana nezvinetso zvokugovera zvinhu. Kunyange zvazvo akanga akabata nzvimbo yakasimba yokudzivirira, Morgan akanga ari kure nechinzvimbo chipi nechipi cheUnion pasina mitsara yakasimbiswa yekugovera. Mishumo yake kuna Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck zvisinei yakaramba izere netariro. Pakupedzisira muna August, 1862 Morgan akashuma kuti akanga asina chinangwa chokubvisa nzvimbo yacho uye kana muvengi akarwisa aizoparadzwa. Kutarisisa kwaKirby Smith kwakanga kwakatsaurirwa kukudzivirira Chattanooga. Kwakanga kusati kuri kutozosvikira maConfederate pasi paBraxton Bragg apinda muKentuckykuti Morgan akazviwana amene akatarisana netyisidziro yakakomba yeConfederate. Morgan akamanikidzwa kusiya nzvimbo yacho muna September 1862, asi akakwanisa kudzoka nenzira ine unyanzvi achipfuura munharaunda yomuvengi. Gomba reCumberland raizoramba riri muConfederate kudzora kusvikira Major General Ambrose Burnside aritora zvakare muna 1863. 