 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February, 1862, apo mukuru mukuru muuto raGeneral Grant pazuva rokupedzisira rokukomba Fort Donelson, Hillyer akatora zvakarairwa naGrant ndokunyora mashoko aGrant akakurumbira, Hapana mazwi kunze kwekuzviisa pasi pasina mvumo uye nekukurumidza anogona kugamuchirwa. Ndinokarakadza kutamira pakarepo kumabasa enyu. Mharidzo yose yakanyorwa uye yakatakurwa naHillyer uyo akazvipa iye pachake kuConfederate General Buckner, mutungamiri weimba. Mushure mehondo Colonel Hillyer naBrigadier General Lew Wallace vakapesana pamusoro pemushumo waWallace muhondo, iyo yaiti Hillyer nevamwe vabatsiri vaGrant havana kuonekwa panhandare yehondo naWallace kana chero wevabatsiri vake. Hillyer akaramba mhosva yacho uye akazotuka Wallace achiti mushumo wake wakanyanyisa mipiro yaWallace nedhipatimendi rake, ndokumupomera mhosva yekutya. Wallace, zvisinei, akazonzi haana mhaka youshati hwakadaro. Mumushumo wake wehondo Hillyer nevamwe vabatsiri vakataurwa naGeneral Grant nokuda kwoushingi hwavo nemabasa munguva yehondo. 