 Kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nzvimbo yeCarthage pamharadzano yenzizi dzeCaney Fork neCumberland yakaita kuti ive chiteshi chinokosha chokutakura uye chengarava chezvikepe mukati mehafu yokutanga yezana ramakore rechi 19. Nzvimbo yacho yakagadzirirwa zvirimwa zvefodya nehemp, pamwe chete nezvipfuyo zvine ropa. Zvinhu zvacho zvaitumirwa kuNashville. Munguva yeHondo yeVanhu, Carthage yakava nzvimbo inokosha muEastern Highland Rim nzvimbo yeTennessee. Carthage yakasarudzwa sechikamu chenzira iyo Confederate General Braxton Bragg akafambisa Mauto eMississippi kuburikidza neConfederate Heartland Offensive yakekupinda muKentucky. Gare gare musi waKurume 6, 1863, Brigadier General weUnion George Crook akagadzira nzvimbo yeUnion muCarthage kuti ishande senzvimbo yekuedza kwake kubvisa kupandukira kukuru kweConfederate kubva kuEast Tennessee kuburikidza neCentral Tennessee. 