<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngo-1861, ekuqaleni kweMpi Yombango, wamiswa umlawuli weNew York National Guard, uBhrigadier General John F. Rathbone, ukuba akhonze njengomphathi wezokwelapha endaweni yokugcina izimpahla e-Albany. Ngo-June 1862, ngemva  <response>: Njengoba i-Army of the Potomac, kanye nodokotela bayo, behlehla, uSwinburne wasala ukuze anakekele izinkulungwane zeziboshwa ezilimele, zombili i-Union kanye ne-Confederate. Ehlonipha ukuma kwakhe okuyisisekelo, umkhuzi wamabutho aseNyakatho uStonwall Jackson wamnika imvume, kanye nenothi elihambisana naye, evumela ukuvakashela iziboshwa zaseNyakatho. Ngo-1864, uMbusi uHoratio Seymour wamqoka esikhundleni sokuba yi-Health Officer yasePort of New York futhi, ngo-1867, waphinde waqokwa nguMbusi uReuben Fenton, wasebenza iminyaka eyisithupha, kwaze kwaba ngu-1870. Ngesikhathi sokuphatha kwakhe, naphezu kokungafuni kwesishayamthetho sesifundazwe ukwaba imali, waqondisa ukwakhiwa kwezikhungo zokuvalelwa ezisezingeni eliphakeme ngaleso sikhathi eziqhingini ezaqanjwa ngokuthi iSwinburne neHoffman. 