<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngokwezomthetho, isigaba sikaBanks sasingesikaGeorge McClellan naphezu kokukhonza njengesigaba esizimele eShenandoah Valley. Ngo - March 14, 1862, uMongameli uLincoln wakhipha umyalo wokuba wonke amabutho asemnyangweni kaMcClellan ahlelwe abe amabutho. Ngakho-ke uBanks waba ngukhomanda we-corps, ophethe ingxenye yakhe yangaphambili, manje eholwa nguBrig. Gen Alpheus Williams, kanye nengxenye kaBrig. Gen James Shields, eyangezwa ekulawuleni kukaBanks. Ngemuva kokuthi iStonewall Jackson ibuyiselwe emuva eMpini Yokuqala yaseKernstown ngoMashi 23, esikhundleni salokho uBanks wathola umyalo wokulandela uJackson esigodini, ukumvimbela ekuqiniseni izivikelo zaseRichmond. Lapho amadoda kaBanks efika eSigodini esiseningizimu ekugcineni komugqa onzima wokunikezela, umongameli wawabizela emuva eStrasburg, esiphelweni esisenyakatho. UJackson wabe esehamba ngokushesha ehla ngeLuray Valley eseduze, futhi wahlangana namanye amabutho kaBanks eMpini yaseFront Royal ngoMeyi 23. Lokhu kwashukumisela uBanks ukuba abuyele eWinchester, lapho uJackson  <response>: laphinde lahlaselwa ngo-May 25. Amabutho e-Union ayelungiswe kabi ekuzivikeleni, futhi ahoxa ngokungahambi kahle ngaphesheya koMfula iPotomac abuyela eMaryland. Umzamo wokubamba amabutho kaJackson ngokunyakaza kwe-pincer ngamabutho ayeholwa uJohn Frémont no-Irvin McDowell wehluleka, futhi uJackson wakwazi ukuqinisa iRichmond. UBanks wagxekwa ngokusingatha kabi amabutho akhe nokwenza ukuhlola okunganele emkhankasweni, kuyilapho abalingani bakhe bezombusazwe befuna ukubeka icala lokwehla koMnyango Wezempi. 