 John H. Haight nomunununa wake, George, vakava vaviri vevanhu veNew York vakatanga kupindura chikumbiro chaPurezidhendi Abraham Lincoln chokuzvipira kuti vadzivirire Washington, D.C. pashure pokunge Fort Sumter yaparadzwa neuto reConfederate States Army pakati paApril 1861. Mushure mokunge mukoma wake akaunganidza kwemakore matatu ekushumira semunhu oga neCompany E ye72nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment musi waJune 20, 1861, John Haight akazonyorawo, pazera remakore 22, kwemakore matatu emakore musi waJuly 17, 1861 muWestfield, New York. Uyewo achiunganidza zviri pamutemo ne72nd New York Infantry, John Haight akazviita musi waJuly 24 semunhu oga neRegiments G Company. Akabva akwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chechikwata musi wa1 Gunyana. Pakutanga vachitungamirirwa naColonel Nelson Taylor, hama dzaHaight nechikwata chavo vakaendeswa kuWashington, D.C., apo ivo vakabatsira mukudzivirirwa kweguta vasati vatora chikamu muuto reUnited Expedition kuderera Maryland Gunyana 15 Gumiguru 2, 1861. Ivo vakabva vaendeswazve neSickles Brigade kuU.S. Army yePotomac muna Gumiguru sechikamu chechikamu chakatungamirwa naBrigadier-General Joseph Hooker. Basa ravo rakatevera rakakura rakauya sechikamu cheU.S. Armys Third Corps, Second Division pavakaita basa reUnion Army paManassas, Virginia Kurume 10, 1862, rwendo kubva kuDumfries kuenda kuFredericksburg, kutora zvitoro Kurume 18, uye kuongorora kubva kuLiverpool Point kuenda kuStafford Court House nemabasa anotevera ipapo Kubvumbi 4. 