 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Halleck akatanga ukama husingafadzi nomurume uyo aizova mubatiri wake anobudirira zvikurusa nomukuru wake womunguva yemberi, Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Grant akanga achangopedza hondo duku, asi ine ropa, yeBelmont uye akanga ane zvirongwa zvine chinangwa zvekuita amphibious kuTennessee neCumberland Rivers. Halleck, nomuzvarirwo mukuru akangwarira, asiwo achifunga kuti mukurumbira waGrant wokunwa doro munguva yepamberi pehondo wakamuita asina kuvimbika, akaramba zvirongwa zvaGrant. Zvisinei, achimanikidzwa naPurezidhendi Lincoln kuti aite chiito chokurwisa, Halleck akafungazve uye Grant akaitisa mashandiro nemauto emahombekombe nepasi kurwisa Forts Henry naDonelsonmuna February 1862, vachitora vose vari vaviri, pamwe chete navaConfederate 14 000. 