 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 1861, akazvipira somunhu oga muKambani B, muTerrys Texas Rangers, yeConfederate States of America mauto. Musi waApril 67, 1862, akapinda muhondo yeShilo muTennessee uye mumishandirapamwe yeRichmond, Virginia. Akava Lieutenant uye akashanda semubatsiri pavashandi vomunununa wake, General Lloyd Tilghman uyo akaurayiwa pamberi paHondo yeChampion HillChiGerman Musi waMarch 14, 1863, Oswald akatora chikamu, nebhatiri rake, mune izvo zvakatungamira mukuparadzwa kweUnited States steam frigate USS Mississippi 1841, iyo Admiral George Dewey aive ipapo mukuru mukuru, apo Admiral Farraguts fleet akaedza kupfuudza mabhatiri eConfederate. Nokuda kwoushingi hwake pachiitiko ichi, akarumbidzwa naLieutenant Colonel de Gournay, uyo akatungamirira bapiro reruboshwe remabhatiri eConfederate. Munguva yekukombwa kwePort Hudson muLouisiana, Lieutenant Oswald Tilghman akatungamira Rock City artillery yeNashville, Tennessee, bhatiri rinorema pamahombekombe erwizi rweMississippi uye ndiye chete wevakuru vana vebhatiri iro akapona pakukombwa. Mutungamiri. Oswald Tilghman akatapwa musi waMay 22 kusvika musi waJuly 9, 1863 paSiege of Port Hudson, ndokuzoiswa mujeri paJohnsons Island muSandusky, Ohio kwemwedzi 23 kusvikira hondo yapera. 