<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UStewart waqokwa waba yi-brigadier general ngoNovemba 8 futhi wabelwa ukuhola i-2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Columbus District, yoMnyango we-Confederate No. Owesibili umanduleli woMnyango waseTennessee, ngaphansi kukaLeonidas Polk. UStewart wabamba lesi sikhundla kusukela ngoNovemba 16 kwaze kwaba ngoDisemba, lapho ibutho lakhe ladluliselwa eMnyangweni Wokuqala Wendawo, kwaze kwaba ngoFebhuwari 1862. I-brigade yakhe yabuyiselwa entshonalanga yeKentucky, yafakwa kafushane esigabeni sikaJohn P. McCown, ehola ukuzivikela kwedolobha eMpini yaseNew Madrid ngaphambi kokuba uMcCown ayale ukuthi ikhishwe futhi ihlehlise uMfula iMississippi. Ngo-April 1, amadoda kaStewart ahlangana nesigaba sikaCharles Clark, eqenjini likaLeonidas Polk, eqenjini lika-Albert Sidney Johnston e-Army of Mississippi, ngesikhathi esifanele sokuthi  <response>: Impi YaseShilo. Lapho, uStewart wahola ibutho lakhe ekuhlaseleni kosuku lokuqala endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi iHornets Nest maphakathi nomugqa we-Union. 