<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngasekupheleni kuka-June, ngo-1861, uHotchkiss wasayina njengomshayeli wezimoto wase-Confederate ukuba athathe izinto zokudla aye nazo e-Churchville Cavalry eRich Mountain, eNtshonalanga Virginia. UHotchkiss wanikela ngezinsizakalo zakhe njengomenzi wemephu kuBrig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett, owayenombutho we-Confederate owawusebenza entshonalanga yeVirginia. UHotchkiss wakhonza eRich Mountain futhi wenza amabalazwe omkhankaso kaJenene Robert E. Lee owawuhlelelwe ezintabeni. Wathatha ikhefu elifushane lokugula ngemuva kokushaywa yi-typhoid fever, kodwa wabuyela emsebenzini ngoMashi 1862 njengonjiniyela omkhulu we-topographical we-Valley District, ebika kuMaj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Ngemuva kokunqotshwa kokuqala eMpini yaseKernstown ngesikhathi soMkhankaso wakhe we-Valley ngo-1862  <response>: , ngoMashi 26, 1862, uJackson wabiza uHotchkiss endlunkulu yakhe eNarrow Passage eduze kwaseWoodstock futhi wamyala ukuba angenze imephu yeSigodi, kusukela eHarpers Ferry kuya eLexington, ekhombisa wonke amaphuzu okuhlasela nokuzivikela sic kulezo zindawo. Isincomo sikaHotchkiss ngokushesha kwaba ukuthi umugqa kaJackson eStony Creek eWoodstock wawungenakuvikeleka, nokuthi uJackson kufanele ahoxele eRudes Hill, indawo encane evikelekile eningizimu yeMt. UJackson. KwakuseRudes Hill lapho uJackson ahlela kabusha khona umyalo wakhe wokugcina womkhankaso wakhe owaphumelela ngo-1862 eShenandoah Valley. 