 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokukurumidza pashure peHondo yeRichmond musi waAugust 29, 1862, David Waller Chenault, mutsigiri weConfederate kubva kuMadison County, akauya kuRichmond kuzomutsa chikwata cheConfederate. Musi waSeptember 10, 1862, Chenault akagadzwa kuva colonel uye akapiwa hurumende yehurumende, yakatumidzwa kuti 11th Kentucky Cavalry. McCreary akabatana neboka racho uye akapiwa basa somukuru mukuru, iye oga muchikamu chacho. 11th Kentucky Cavalry yakamanikidzwa kupinda mubasa pakarepo, kuitisa kuongorora uye kurwisa bushwhackers. Mwedzi mitatu bedzi pashure pokunge vaungana, vakabetsera Hondo yeConfederate kuwana rukundo paHondo yeHartsville. Muna 1863, boka racho rakabatana naJohn Hunt Morgan pakurwisa kwake Ohio. Colonel Chenault akaurayiwa apo maConfederates akaedza kutora Green River Bridge paJuly 4, 1863, Hondo yeTebbs Bend. McCreary akatora kutungamirira kwechikwata pashure porufu rwaChenault. Mushure mehondo iyi, akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto pakurudziro yaJohn C. Breckinridge. 