<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuba amabutho kaFremont eyekile ukuqhubekela phambili eSigodini elandela uMcDowell, uJackson wabe esephendukela ekunqobeni uBanks. Ngo-May 21, uJackson wahamba nomyalo wakhe ngasempumalanga esuka eNew Market futhi waqhubekela enyakatho. Ukuhamba kwabo ngesivinini esiphoqelelwe kwakujwayelekile kulo mkhankaso futhi kwabangela ukuba abagibeli bakhe abahamba ngezinyawo badunyiswe ngokuthi abagibeli bamahhashi abahamba ngezinyawo bakaJackson. Wathumela ibutho lakhe labahamba ngamahhashi ngqo enyakatho ukuze enze uBanks acabange ukuthi uzohlasela iStrasburg, kodwa uhlelo lwakhe kwakuwukunqoba indawo encane eFront Royal futhi ahlasele ngokushesha umugqa wokuxhumana kaBanks eHarpers Ferry. NgoMeyi 23, eMpini yaseFront Royal, ibutho likaJackson lamangala futhi lahlasela amapikethi ebutho lase-Union elinabantu abangu-1,000, lathumba cishe abantu abangu-700 kuleli qembu ngenkathi lilahlekelwa ngabantu abangaphansi kwamashumi amane. Ukunqoba kukaJackson kwaphoqa uBanks ukuba asuke eStrasburg abuyele emuva ngokushesha ngaseWinchester. Nakuba uJackson azama ukuwajaha, amabutho akhe ayesekhathele futhi aphanga izitimela zokuthumela izimpahla ze-Union, azibambezela kakhulu. Ngo-May 25, eMpini Yokuqala YaseWinchester  <response>: , ibutho likaBanks lahlaselwa yizinsika ze-Confederate futhi lanqotshwa ngokuqinile, lalahlekelwa ngabantu abangaphezu kuka-1,300 kanye nokuningi kokunikezwa kwakhe kufaka phakathi izikhali ezincane ezingama-9,000, amagoli ayisigamu sesigidi, namathani amaningana okunikezwayo; ahoxa enyakatho ngaphesheya koMfula iPotomac. UJackson wazama ukumlandela kodwa wehluleka, ngenxa yokuphanga kwamahhashi ka-Ashby kanye nokukhungatheka kwabahamba ngezinyawo; ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa zokuphumula, walandela amabutho kaBanks waze wafika eHarpers Ferry, lapho ahlangana khona nebutho lase-Union. 