 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Varindi vorudzi rweOhio vanopfuura 35 000 vakabatanidzwa uye vakarongwa kuva mapoka nokuda kwebasa remazuva 100 muna May 1864. Kutumirwa kuEastern Theater, ivo vakagadzirirwa kuiswa munzvimbo dzakachengeteka kumashure kudzivirira njanji uye nzvimbo dzekupa, nekudaro kusunungura mauto enguva dzose aLt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grants kusundira kuguta guru reConfederate reRichmond, Virginia. Sezvo zviitiko zvaiitika, zvikamu zvakawanda zvakazviwana zviri muhondo, zvakamira munzira yeConfederate General Jubal Earlys veteran Army of the Valley panguva yayo yakakurumbira Valley Campaigns ya1864. Zvikamu zveOhio Guard zvakasangana nomuvengi akanga aedzwa muhondo zvakatarisana uye zvakabetsera kuderedza kurwisa kweConfederate nokudaro zvichidzivirira Washington, D.C. kuti irege kutorwa. MaOhio National Guard akapinda muhondo dzeMonacacy, Fort Stevens, Harpers Ferry, uye pakukombwa kwePetersburg. 