 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana December 20, kutonga kwaGrant kwakagadziridzwa kuti kubatanidze kwaC.F. Smith uye kwakatumidzwazve zita rokuti Dunhu reCairo. Ari panzvimbo iyoyo, muna February 1862, Grant akatungamirira hondo yeUnion yokurwisa Fort Henry, paRwizi rweTennessee, uye Fort Donelson, paRwizi rweCumberland. Mauto ake nokuda kwehondo iyi pakupedzisira akaverengwa anenge 27 000 varume, vakakamurwa muzvikamu zvitatu zvakarairwa, zvichiteerana, naJohn McClernand 1st Division, C.F. Smith 2nd, uye Brig. Gen. Lewis Wallace 3rd. 