 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muAshtabula County, Ohio, Shepard akanyoresa semumwe munhu muKambani I, ye19th Ohio Infantry, achiunganidza musi waApril 27, 1861, kwenguva yemwedzi mitatu. Munguva iyoyo akapinda muHondo yeRich MountainmuRandolph County, Virginia zvino yava West Virginia. Iyi hondo huru yokutanga yomunyika yehondo yevagari vemo uye kukunda kweUnion kwakakurudzira General George B. McClellan kuti atungamirire Hondo yePotomac. Maererano nekadhi raShepard rechi19 reOVI rokuunganidza akapedza mazuva matatu ari pabasa rokuwedzera achigadzira mbiru dzetelegraph, achiunganidza boka iri musi waAugust 30, 1861. 