 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwehondo, akashanda munzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana dzevashandi, asati ave colonel uye mukuru-wevashandi veArmy yeVirginia pasi paGeneral John Pope, kwaakaona chiito muHondo yeCedar Mountain, Hondo Yechipiri yeBull Run, uye Hondo yeChantilly. Gare gare akashanda semubatsiri mukuru-wevashandi veHondo yePotomac, achibatanidzwa muhondo dzeSouth Mountain neAntietam. Muna December 1862, akatumirwa kuWashington, D.C.. Muna February 1865, akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru weArmy of the Potomac pasi paGeneral George Meade, uye akatora chikamu muHondo yeHatchers Run. 