 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure peGettysburg, Tilton akachengeta hurumende yebrigade kusvikira August 18, 1863. Akadzokera ku regimental command kusvikira November 19, paakazotorazve brigade command. Apo Hondo yePotomac yakarongedzwazve muna 1864 nokuda kweLt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grants Overland Campaign, Tilton akapiwa basa rokutungamirira regiment yake muJacob Sweitzers brigade yeGriffins division. Akaita basa iroro muHondo yeWilderness, Hondo yeSpotsylvania Court House, uye Hondo yeCold Harbor, pamwe chete mumatanho ekutanga eKukombwa kwePetersburg. Tilton akaramba ari mutungamiri wehurumende kusvikira musi waJune 18, 1864, paakazovazve mutungamiri webato kusvikira musi waAugust 22. Munguva iyi akabatanidzwa muchiito muhondo dzeJerusalem Plank Road neGlobe Tavern. 