 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Zvisinei, basa raBucklin rinokosha zvikurusa rakaitika paakaendeswa kunzvimbo yokutarira paChesapeake Bay nokuda kwechando. Pano, akatarisira varume vairwa muhondo dzeAntietam, Bull Run, uye Fredericksburg. Muna March, Bucklin akatamira zvakare kuAlexandria, Virginia, uye akabva aenda kunoshanda kuGettysburg semukoti. Anorondedzera mutsamba kuna Mary G. Holland kuti akanga ari pakati pevokutanga kusvika paGettysburg uye mumwe wokupedzisira kubva. Pakusvika kwake, Bucklin akatarisana nomutsetse wamasoja akamirira kuvhiyiwa wakareba mamaira nehafu. Pakupedzwa kweGettysburg, Bucklin akapedza mwedzi minomwe kana misere inotevera ari pedyo neStonemans Cavalry Hospital pedyo neWashington, D.C. Muchando cha1863, Bucklin akabatwa nefivha. Kurwara kwake kwakabvumikisa kuva kwakapararira zvikuru, uye mutsamba yake yataurwa pamusoro apa kuna Holland anonyora kuti vamwe vashandi vemuchipatara vakamusiya kuti afe. Zvisinei, kurwara kwake hakuna kumudzivisa kutarisira varwere. 