 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Bayard akarwa pasi paJohn C. Frémont paHondo yePort Republic. Muna August 1862, paHondo yeCedar Mountain, akatungamirira mauto eUnion mberi. Pashure pehondo, Bayard neConfederate General J.E.B. Stuart vakasangana pasi pebhanhire rechisungo chokuronga kudzorerwa kwevakafa kubva munhandare yehondo. Bayard naStuart vakanga vari shamwari kubva kuhondo isati yatanga. Stuart akanga ava nemakore maviri ari mberi kwaBayard paWest Point, uye vakashanda pamwe chete muKambani G, 1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment. 