<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UHardee wasula esikhundleni sakhe ebuthweni lezempi lase-U.S. ngoJanuwari 31, 1861, ngemva kokuba izwe lakubo iGeorgia lihlukane ne-Union. Wajoyina i-Confederate States Army njengo-colonel ngoMashi 7 futhi wanikezwa umyalo weFort Morgan noGaines e-Alabama. Kamuva wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-brigadier general ngoJuni 17 futhi waba yi-major general October 7. Ngo-Okthoba 10, 1862, wayengomunye wama-Lieutenant General wokuqala we-Confederate. Isabelo sakhe sokuqala njengenjengele kwakuwukuhlela i-brigade yama-Arkansas regiments futhi wahlaba umxhwele amadoda akhe kanye nezikhulu ezikanye naye ngokuxazulula izinkinga ezinzima zokuhlinzekwa kanye nokuqeqeshwa okuphelele akunika i-brigade yakhe. Wathola isidlaliso sakhe esithi, Old Reliable, ngenkathi ekulo mkhakha. UHardee wasebenza e-Arkansas waze wabizelwa ukujoyina i-General Albert Sidney Johnstons Army of Central Kentucky njengomkhuzi wamasosha. UJohnston wayezophuma eKentucky naseTennessee, aye eMississippi, ngaphambi kokuqala ukuhlasela ngokuzumayo  <response>: Impi yaseShilo entwasahlobo ka-1862. UHardee walimala engalweni ngo-Ephreli 6, 1862, phakathi nosuku lokuqala lwempi. UJohnston wabulawa eShilo futhi ibutho likaHardee lajoyina i-General Braxton Braggs Army of Tennessee ngaphambi kokuvinjezelwa kweCorinth, eMississippi, kuze kube yilapho uMkhuzi Weminyango uP.G.T. Beauregard esusa idolobha futhi washiya eTupelo. UBeuregard wathathelwa isikhundla nguBragg, owashintsha ibutho lakhe laya eChattanooga ngaphambi kokuqala ukuhlasela kweConfederate Heartland eKentucky. Leyo mkhankaso yaphetha ngeMpi yasePerryville ngo-Okthoba 1862, lapho uHardee ayala khona iLeft Wing yebutho likaBragg. 