 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Dhipatimendi raHalleck rakaita zvakanaka mukuvamba kwa1862, richidzinga maConfederate kubva mudunhu reMissouri uye richifambira mberi kupinda muArkansas. Vaitonga West Tennessee yose nehafu yeMiddle Tennessee. Grant, achiri asina kuziva nezvekuronga kwezvematongerwo enyika kumashure kwake, akaona Halleck se mumwe wevarume vakuru vezera uye Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman akamurondedzera se gwara rinotungamira rezviitiko izvo zvakapa Union chikonzero chakadai kusimudza kukuru mumwedzi yapfuura. Kuita uku kunogona kuverengerwa kuhurongwa hwaHalleck, hunyanzvi hwekutungamira, uye manejimendi ake akanaka ezve zviwanikwa, uye nekuurayiwa kwakanaka kwevakamubatira - Grant, Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis paPea Ridge, uye Maj. Gen. John Pope paChitsuwa Nhamba 10. Vanyori vezvakaitika kare zvechiuto vanopesana pamusoro pebasa raHalleck pachake mukupa idzi rukundo. Vamwe vanomupa mbiri yacho zvichibva pakutungamirira kwake dhipatimendi racho rose; vamwe, zvikurukuru avo vanotarira basa rake kupfurikidza nemicheka yezvinoitika zvapashure, vanodavira kuti vaitungamirirwa naye ndivo vakanga vari chinhu chikuru. 