 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuwa kweFort Donelsonmusi wa 16 Kukadzi, Rwizi rweTennessee rwakavhurwa kuti rwufambire mberi kweUnited States kurwisa njanji dzakakosha dzeMemphis neCharleston uye Mobile neOhio Railroads kuCorinth, Mississippi. Kudzivisa kubatwa kweKorinde, iyo yakabatanidza Atlantic neRwizi rweMississippi, mauto eConfederate paPensacola akarayirwa kuti abviswe uye atumirwe kuKorinde, uko Hondo yeMississippi yaifanira kuunganidza pasi paAlbert Sidney Johnston. Kunonoka nemvura zhinji yakashambidza mabhiriji, 1st Louisiana Regulars yakapinda muMobile neOhio musi waFebruary 27, pamwe chete ne18th uye 22 Alabama. The regiment yakasvika paKorinde na 9 March, apo vakagoverwa ne18th uye 22nd Alabama kune brigade pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaAdams sezvo Gladden akapiwa mutungamiri weboka rakagadzirwa nemapoka kubva kuPensacola. MuKorinde varume varo vazhinji vakadhakwa pashure pokuboora makomba muzvimbudzi zvebhawa kuti vawane migomo yewhiskey ndokuita nyonganyonga, vachirangwa nokurova nokurutsa muromo. 