 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pavakasvika muTennessee, divi raStevenson rakaenda kuCumberland Gap kunosimbisa Colonel James Edward Rains asi rakarairwa naSmith kuti ridzokere kunzvimbo yakakodzera kubatsira Chattanooga. Uku kugoverwazve kwakabvumira Gap kuwira mumaoko eSangano. Muna August, Hondo yaSmith yeKentucky ine varume 21 000 yakatungamirira Braxton Braggs Confederate Heartland Offensivekupinda muBluegrass State. Smith akapfuura neCumberland Gap yaitongwa neUnion, achisiya divi raStevenson kumashure kuti riite nemaFederal ikoko. Apo simba raSmith rakatamira kuchamhembe kuHondo yeRichmond, Stevenson akashandisa hurumende yakazvimiririra, achitungamirira simba reConfederate iro rakabata varwi veUnited Union paMunfordville, Kentucky. Izvi, pamwe chete nokusvika kweuto raBragg, zvakamanikidza Gen. George W. Morgan kuti abve. Stevenson akarasikirwa neHondo yePerryville uye akabatanazve naSmith pakudzokera kweConfederates kuTennessee. Achizivikanwazve nokuda kwokugona kwake kutungamirira, akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru muna October 1862. 