 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pedyo nomugumo waJune, 1861, Hotchkiss akanyoresa semutyairi weConfederate kutakura zvinhu kuChurchville Cavalry paRich Mountain, West Virginia. Hotchkiss akapa mabasa ake somugadziri wemepu kuna Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett, ane brigade yeConfederate yakanga ichishanda kumadokero kweVirginia. Hotchkiss akashanda paRich Mountainuye akagadzira mepu dzokurwisa kwaGeneral Robert E. Lee kwakanga kwakarongwa mumakomo. Akatora zororo pfupi rokurapwa pashure pokurohwa nefivhiri yetyphoid, asi akadzokera kubasa muna March 1862 somukuru wenjiniya wepamusoro weDunhu reMupata, achitaura kuna Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Mushure mekukundwa kwekutanga muhondo yeKernstown panguva ye1862 Valley Campaign, musi waKurume 26, 1862, Jackson akadana Hotchkiss kumuzinda wake paNarrow Passage padyo neWoodstock ndokumuudza kuti ndiitire mepu yeMupata, kubva kuHarpers Ferry kuenda kuLexington, ichiratidza nzvimbo dzese dzekurwisa nekudzivirira sic munzvimbo idzodzo. Hotchkiss akakurudzira pakarepo kuti mutsara waJackson paStony Creek paWoodstock wakanga usingagoni kudzivirirwa, uye kuti Jackson aifanira kudzokera kuRudes Hill, nzvimbo duku inogona kudzivirirwa kumaodzanyemba kweMt. Jackson. - Ndizvozvo. Paiva paRudes Hill apo Jackson akarongazve hurumende yake nokuda kwebasa rake rakabudirira ra1862 muShenandoah Valley. 