 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna July 1864, chikamu cheXIX Corps, kubatanidza 8th Vermont, chakaendeswa kunzvimbo yokumabvazuva yehondo. Vakasvika paFort Monroe panguva chaiyo kuti vabatane neVI Corps muShenandoah Valley, uye vatore chikamu muMajor General Philip Sheridans campaign against the Confederacys Jubal Early. Thomas akarayira 2nd Brigade, 1st Division kubva muna Gumiguru 15 kusvika Gumiguru 24, uye zvakare kubva munaNovember 1 kusvika Zvita 3, iyo yaisanganisira 8th Vermont, 12th Connecticut, 160th New York uye 47th Pennsylvania infantry regiments. Munguva iyi, 8th Vermont yakapinda muhondo yeOpequon, Hondo yeFishers Hill, Hondo yeCedar Creek, uye Newton, Virginia. Muna 1892 akagamuchira Medal of Honor nokuda kwe kuzvibata kwakasiyana mukutarisana kwemaoko-ne-ruoko, umo kufambira mberi kwevavengi kwakadzorwa, paCedar Creek musi waOctober 19, 1864. 