 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mirayiridzo yaJackson kubva kuna Johnston yakanga iri yokudzivisa kurwa kwose nemhaka yokuti akanga ari muduku zvikuru, asi panguva imwe cheteyo aifanira kuchengeta Banks akabatikana zvakakwana kudzivisa kuparadzaniswa kwemauto kuti asimbise McClellan muPeninsula. Achigamuchira mashoko asiri iwo, Banks akagumisa kuti Jackson akanga asiya muMupata, uye akaenderera mberi achienda kumabvazuva, kudzokera kunharaunda yeWashington. Jackson akashamiswa nokufamba uku nokuti Banks akanga achiita chaizvo zvakanga zvarayirwa kuti Jackson adzivise. Apo Ashby akashuma kuti mapoka mashomanene bedzi epasi nechiuto chezvombo zvebhangi zvaive zvasara paWinchester, Jackson akasarudza kurwisa boka reUnion mukuedza kumanikidza zvakasara zvebhangi kuti zvidzokere. Asi mashoko aAshby akanga asina kururama; kutaura idi, boka rose reUnion rakanga richakamira mutaundi. Muhondo Yokutanga yeKernstownMarch 23, 1862, vakarwa makiromita mashomanana kumaodzanyemba kweWinchester, maFederals akamisa kufambira mberi kwaJackson uye akabva arwisa, achitendeuka kuruboshwe rwake uye achimumanikidza kuti adzokere. Kunyange zvazvo kwaiva kukundwa kwaJackson kwezvemauto, kwaiva kukunda kweConfederation, kwakamanikidza Mutungamiri Lincoln kuchengetedza mauto aBanks muValley uye mauto aMcDowell evarume 30 000 pedyo neFredericksburg, achibvisa mauto anenge 50 000 kubva kuuto raMcClellan rokupinda muPeninsula. 