 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokurega kwake basa muU.S. Army, Julius A. De Lagnel akagadzwa kuva kaputeni wezvombo muRegional Army yeConfederate States. Muna June 1861, akapiwa basa rokutungamirira mauto eBrigadier General Robert S. Garnett, mutungamiri weArmy of the Northwest. Garnett akanga atumwa kunorongazve mauto eConfederate kumadokero kwenyika dzeVirginia mushure mekukundwa kwavo muHondo yePhilippi uye kubata nzvimbo yeConfederation. De Lagnel akadzivirira chikomo cheRich Mountain nesimba remakambani mana nepfuti imwe panguva yeHondo yeRich Mountain, July 11, 1861. Simba guru reConfederate rakanga risingazivi pakarepo kuti varume vaDe Lagnel vakanga vari kurwiswa neuto guru raitungamirirwa naBrigadier General William S. Rosecrans. Mauto aDe Lagnel pakupedzisira akakurirwa. Pashure pokunge De Lagnel ashandisa pfuti bedzi kuti arwe oga kwenguva yakati, akakuvadzwa ndokuvanda mumakwenzi mukuedza kutiza mauto eUnion. Akatanga atiza muhondo ndokupinda mune imwe kamba yomumakomo. Pashure pamazuva maviri okuporeswa, akaedza kudzokera kumitsetse yeConfederate akazvifukidza somufudzi. Mauto eUnion akamuona, akamuziva ndokumubata pedyo neLaurel Hill, Virginia musi waJuly 13, 1861. Musi waDecember 18, 1861, De Lagnel akachinjaniswa naBrigadier General James B. Ricketts. 