 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1862 Catterson akaona hondo yake yekutanga panguva yeValley Campaign, achitora chikamu muHondo Yekutanga yeKernstownmusi waMarch 23, uye akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni musi waMay 4. Catterson akazotevera kurwa panguva yeMaryland Campaign uye Hondo yeAntietam musi waGunyana 17, kwaakakuvadzwa. Paakapora, Catterson akagadzwa kuva lieutenant colonel mu97th Indiana Infantry musi waOctober 18, uye mutungamiri wayo sa colonel musi waNovember 25. Catterson ne97th Indiana Infantry yakashanda muhondo yeMemphis muTennessee musi waJune 6, 1862, uye kubatwa kweguta, kusvika pakupera kwa1862. Akabva apinda muKukombwa kweVicksburg muchirimo cha1863 uye muTullahoma Campaign muzhizha iroro. Catterson nemutungamiri wake vakapinda muhondo yechitatu yeChattanooga musi waNovember 23-25, uye mushandirapamwe weAtlanta muzhizha rose ra1864. 