 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Weber akanyoresa kurwa muHondo yaVagari vemo somukuru mukuru musi waMay 16, 1861. Akamutsa chikwata cheGermany-America chinozivikanwa seTurner Rifles, boka iro pakupedzisira rakava rutivi rwe20th New York Infantry. Weber akanga akaiswa paFort Monroe muVirginia. Akatora rutivi mukutora Fort Hatteras. Kubva munaGunyana 1861 kusvika Chivabvu 1862, akatungamira Camp Hamilton, padyo neFort Monroe, achitumirwa brigadier general wevanozvipira musi waApril 28, 1862. Akanga ari paNewport News panguva yokurwa pakati peMonitor neVirginiavachitarisira kurwiswa neConfederate nepanyika. Akatora chikamu mukutora Norfolk, Virginia muna Chivabvu, uye akabva arayira kuSuffolk kusvika munaGunyana, paakarayirwa kuArmy yePotomac kwaakatungamira Third Brigade, Third Division, Second Army Corps muArmy yePotomac. 