 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo yeMexico neAmerica, Wood akashanda pachikwata chaGeneral Zachary Taylor, uye akazojoina 2nd Dragoons. Munguva yeHondo yeVanhu, akapinda muhondo dzakawanda muWestern Theater. Wood akatungamira divi muHondo yeChickamauga munaGunyana 1863, panguva iyo yaakasarudza kuteerera rairo isinganzwisisike kubva kumukuru mukuru William S. Rosecrans kuti adzorere divi rake. Mukuita kudaro, Wood akavhura mukaha mumitsara yeUnion, iyo yakabatsira kukunda mauto eFederal muhondo uye kudzoka kwavo kwakatevera. Wood neboka rake vakatora chikamu mukubudirira kweUnion kurwisa panguva yeHondo yeMishinari Ridgemuna November munguva yeChattanooga Campaign. Akatungamirirawo IV Corps yeHondo yeCumberland panguva yeHondo yeNashville muna December 1864. 