 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Poague akadzokera kuVirginia, ndokupinda muConfederate Army somutevedzeri wechipiri muRockbridge Virginia Artillery yakakurumbira. Poague akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni weboka iroro muna April 1862. Nebhatiri racho, Poague akarwa muhondo dzeFirst Manassas, Romney, Kernstown, McDowell, uye gare gare neuto reNorthern Virginia muhondo dzeMazuva Manomwe, Hondo yeCedar Mountain, Yechipiri Manassas, Hondo yeHarpers Ferry, Antietam, uye Fredericksburg. Poague akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru musi waMarch 2, 1863. Akashanda semukuru mukuru kuna David G. McIntosh paHondo yeChancellorsville, akabva apiwa battalion yake pachake pakuumbwa kweTatu Corps. 