 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gare gare munaGunyana 1862, 89th yakatumirwa kuWestern Virginia nhasi West Virginia kunosimbisa mauto eUnion ikoko, uye vakabatana mukufambira mberi kwavo kwemwedzi. Iyo regiment yakagadziriswa munzvimbo dzechando, asi yakadanwa kuti iendeswe kuTennessee, uko yakabatsira kubvisa Fort Donelson munaFebruary 1863. Chiito ichi chisati chaitika, Foraker akanga aona kurwisana kuduku, uye zviono zvokuparadzwa kweropa ikoko zvakanga zvamuvhundutsa; akanyorera vabereki vake kuti, Kuti uzive kuti hondo inotyisa sei unofanira kuiona umene. 89th yakagara paDonelson mazuva mashomanana asati atumwa kuti apinde muuto reCumberland pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaMajor General William Rosecrans pedyo neCarthage; ikoko, Foraker akasimudzirwa kuva wechipiri. Muna Chikumi, Foraker akatungamira chikwata chekumberi chakasangana neConfederate kumashure mune izvo zvakagadziriswa kuva Hondo yeHoovers Gap, uye mauto eUnion akafambira mberi zvishoma nezvishoma kuburikidza neTennessee, achisvika kuChattanooga munaGunyana. Kubva kuChattanooga, Foraker nevamwe vakuru vakuru vaviri vakatumirwa kumba kunotora masoja matsva aifanirwa kunyorwa, asi chirongwa chekunyorwa kwevashandi chakasiiwa nekuda kwekupikiswa kwezvematongerwo enyika. MunaNovember akadzokera kuChattanooga, uko 89th yakanga yava chikamu cheHondo yeTennessee pasi peBrigadier General William Tecumseh Sherman, munguva yekurwisana muHondo yeMishinari Ridge. 