After the court-martial, Roberts was reassigned to Minnesota, where he chased Indians, until being recalled to Washington in February 1863. He commanded a division in VIII Corps later in 1863, another in XIX Corps in 1864, and then served in the District of West Tennessee in 1865. He was brevetted brigadier general, United States Army, for his actions at Cedar Mountain, and major general, Volunteers, for Second Bull Run.
