<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uKiernan waphikelela ngokujoyina amabutho alwayo, futhi ngenxa yalokho kubonakala sengathi wamiswa njengoMajor eMissouri 6th. Ngo - May 1863 ePort Gibson  <response>: , eMissouri, walimala emaphashini ngakwesobunxele futhi washiywa enkundleni ukuze afe. Ebuyiselwe futhi eboshwe, waphunyuka wabuyela emabuthweni e-Union futhi wasula esikhundleni sakhe. Ngomhlaka 1 Agasti 1863 wathunywa ukuba abe yiBrigadier General of Volunteers nguMongameli u-Abraham Lincoln; elawula okuthunyelwe eMilikens Bend eMississippi. Kodwa-ke impilo ebuthaka ngenxa yamanxeba akhe enkundleni yempi yamphoqa ukuthi ashiye isikhundla sakhe ngoFebhuwari 3, 1864. 