Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Neke atu i te rua tekau ngā tangata nō Maine i mahi hei rangatira hōia i te ope taua o te Kotahitanga, ā, he maha atu o ngā Mainers i ārahi i ngā piritiata i tētahi wā, i tētahi atu rānei hei rangatira. Ko te rangatira rangatira teitei ko Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard o Leeds, nana i whakahau te XI Corps i roto i nga pakanga nui, tae atu ki Chancellorsville me Gettysburg. I ngaro i a ia tētahi ringa i te Pakanga o Te Waru Pini
i te pakanga o te 1862 Peninsula Campaign. I te ngahuru o te tau 1863, i whakawhitihia a Howard me tana ope ki te Whare Taonga ki te Hauauru ki te whakauru ki te Ope o te Cumberland i Tennessee. I te Pakanga o Chattanooga, i awhina te ope a Howard ki te hopu i a Missionary Ridge me te akiaki i te reti o Gen. Braxton Bragg. I te Hōngongoi 1864, ka riro a Howard hei rangatira mo te ope taua o Tennessee ka whawhai ki te pakanga o Atlanta. I arahina e ia te parirau matau o nga ope a Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman i te haerenga rongonui ki te Moana me te Campaign Carolinas i muri mai.