<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ekuqaleni kweMpi Yombango, uHays waphinde wangena enkonzweni njengekholonili ye-63rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, futhi ephethe isikhundla sokuba ngukaputeni e-16th U.S. Infantry ebuthweni elivamile kuze kube manje kusukela ngoMeyi 14, 1861. Amadoda akhe ayemazi ngokuthi unesibindi njengengonyama. Ngesikhathi se-Peninsula Campaign, waboshwa kanye nebutho lakhe ebuthweni lokuqala le-Kearnys division of Heintzelmans III Corps. Walwa ezimpini zaseYorktown, eWilliamsburg, eSeven Pines,  <response>: Isiteshi sikaSavage, kanye neMalvern Hill. Ekupheleni kweMpi Yezinsuku Eziyisikhombisa, waqokwa waba ngu-lieutenant colonel ebuthweni lezempi elivamile ngenxa yobungqabavu ekusebenzeni, njengoba uHays ayeqondise ukuhlaselwa kwe-bayonet ne-regiment yakhe emigqeni yezitha ukuvikela ukuhoxa kwe-brigade yakhe. UHays wathatha ikhefu lokugula okwesikhashana ngemva kwenyanga, ngenxa yokungaboni kancane nokukhubazeka kwengalo yakhe yangakwesobunxele, ngenxa yokulimala ayekuthole empini. 