 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwisana kwokutanga kwechikwata kwakaitika musi wa8 Chikumi paHondo yeCross Keys, Virginia, umo mauto aFremont akakundwa neboka reConfederate raitungamirirwa naJackson. Murwi wacho wakaita kurwisa nebayonet umo mutsara weConfederate wakadzoserwa shure, ushingi hwavo munhandare yehondo hwakanyorwa mumushumo waBohlen. Kaputeni Louis Schirmer, 2nd Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery, akataura nezve ushingi hukuru hwaive nehurumende yakatsigira bhatiri rake panguva yehondo. Rejimendi racho rakarasikirwa nevanhu 29 paCross Keys: 7 vakaurayiwa, 18 vakakuvadzwa, uye 4 vakashaika. Mauto eUnion akatevera Jackson, akakundwa musi wa9 Chikumi paHondo yePort Republic, akaenda kuShenandoah Valley kuenda kuMiddletown, Virginia, uko General Franz Sigel akabvisa Frémont mukutungamira. The chikwata rakapiwa 2nd Brigade pamusoro Carl Schurz kuti Division, uye Krzyżanowski akapiwa raitungamirira bhomba. 