 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva pana March 17 kusvikira kuna September 7, 1862, Wadsworth akatungamirira Dunhu reMasoja reWashington. Munguva yekugadzirira kwaMaj. Gen. George B. McClellans Peninsula Campaign, Wadsworth akanyunyuta kuMutungamiri Abraham Lincoln kuti aive nemauto asina kukwana kudzivirira guta guru nekuda kwehurongwa hwaMcClellan hwekutora nhamba yakakura yavo kuenda naye kuVirginia Peninsula. Lincoln akaramba zano raMcClellan ndokudzorera uto rakazara kuzvidziviriro zveWashington, zvichikonzera kusanzwisisana pakati paMcClellan naWadsworth. Asingaoni mikana yokushumira muuto raMcClellan, Wadsworth akabvumira zita rake kuti riiswe mukusarudzwa kuti ave gavhuna weNew York achipikisana neDemocrat Horatio Seymour, asi akaramba kusiya basa rinoshanda kuti aite mushandirapamwe uye akarasikirwa nesarudzo. 