 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Kubvumbi 1862, Polk akatungamira First Corps yaAlbert Sidney Johnstons Army yeMississippi paHondo yeShilo uye akaenderera mberi mune iro basa kwechikamu chikuru chegore rose pasi paBeauregard, uyo aive atora kutungamira zvichitevera kufa kwaAS Johnston pazuva rekutanga paShilo, uyezve pasi paGeneral Braxton Bragg. Panguva dzakasiyana-siyana kutungamirira kwake kwaifungidzirwa kuva boka uye pane dzimwe nguva Right Wing yeuto. Mumatsutso, mukati mokupinda muKentuckynaBragg naMaj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, Polk akanga ari mutungamiri wenguva pfupi weHondo yeMississippi apo Bragg akashanyira Frankfort kuti atungamirire kugadzwa kwegavhuna weConfederate wehurumende. Polk haana kuteerera murayiro waBragg wokurwisa divi reuto reUnion raive richimutevera pedyo neFrankfort. 