<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho izindaba zeMpi Yombango zifika eMinnesota, uBloomer nabazala bakhe bajoyina i-Stillwater Guards, iqembu lezempi lendawo. Abakwa-Guards bahlanganiswa ne-First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment eFort Snelling ngo-Ephreli 29, 1861, kwakheka i-nucleus yeNkampani B. U-Bloomer ekuqaleni wanikezwa isikhundla se-corporal futhi wabamba iqhaza kuzo zonke izingxabano ezinkulu ze-regiment kuze kube yiMpi yase-Antietam. Walimala kancane ekhanda eMpini yaseBull Run. Phakathi neMpi Yesiteshini SikaSavage  <response>: ngoJuni 29, 1862, okwakuyingxenye yePeninsula Campaign, uBloomer wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yisikhulu esiphezulu. Phakathi nalokhu kulwa kwabulawa umphathi wefulegi. UBloomer wathatha imibala, futhi wahlukaniswa nebutho amahora amahlanu. Wabuyisela imibala eqenjini futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni ngenxa yesibindi sakhe. 