 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1860, Parnell akasvika muUnited States uye akabatana neU.S. Army muBrooklyn, New York apo Hondo yeVanhu veAmerica yakatanga gore rakatevera racho. Akava nhengo ye4th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, inozivikanwa se Dickels Mounted Rifles, ichishumira zvikurukuru neHondo yePotomac. Mukati memakore maviri okutanga ehondo, akanga ari rutivi rwemishandirapamwe yaColonel Louis Blenker muShenandoah Valley neWest Virginia. Akashandawo muhondo dzeCross Keys, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, uye Hondo Yechipiri yeBull Run. NaVaCavalry Corps, akarwawo muhondo dzeFredericksburg, Beverly Ford, Brandy Station, Stonemans Raid, Aldie, uye Middleburg. Musi wa 21 Chikumi 1863, akabatwa mushure mekutungamira kubhuroka kwevatasvi vemabhiza muHondo yeUppervilleuye kwenguva pfupi akabatwa somusungwa wehondo. Akapukunyuka mwedzi miviri gare gare ndokuenda kuPetersburg, West Virginia uko akabatanidzwazve nechikwata chake. Akazopinda muhondo dzeWilderness, Spotsylvania, Trevilian Station, Petersburg, Lees Mills, Winchester uye Cedar Creek pakati pezvimwe zviitiko. 