<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMcKay wamukela ukuqokwa ngaphansi kukaDorothea Dix njengomhlengikazi wasesibhedlela, futhi waqala impilo yakhe yasesibhedlela eFrederick, eMaryland, ngoMashi, 1862, lapho aphathiswa khona ukunakekelwa kwenani elikhulu labalimele eMpini Yokuqala yaseWinchester  <response>: . futhi. Ngo-September, 1862, idolobha lagcwala izinsuku ezimbili noma ezintathu nge-Stonewall Jacksons Corps esendleleni eya eSouth Mountain nase-Antietam. Amavukela - mbuso athatha lesi sibhedlela, futhi okwesikhashana asigcwalisa ngabagulayo nabalimele. Ukumelana kwakungasizi ngalutho, futhi uMcKay waphatha izikhulu namabutho ahlubukayo ngenhlonipho, futhi wenza lokho ayengakwenza kwabagulayo; inhlonipho yakhe nomusa wakhe kwaqashelwa, futhi waphathwa ngenhlonipho. Ngemva kweMpi yase-Antietam, iFrederick City nezibhedlela zayo zagcwala abalimale, kodwa ngokushesha nje lapho abalimale beqala ukululama, waya eWashington, D.C. futhi wabelwa umsebenzi isikhathi esithile ezibhedlela zeDolobha. NgoJanuwari, waya eFalmouth, eVirginia futhi wathola umsebenzi njengomhlengikazi esibhedlela i-Third Corps Hospital. Lapha, washeshe wabangela ukuba lesi sibhedlela sishintshe; kusukela ekubeni esibi kunazo zonke, saba esibhedlela esihle kunazo zonke ezisebuthweni lempi elalisempini. Ujenene uDavid B. Birney nomkakhe, basekela futhi bakhuthaza yonke imizamo yakhe yokuyithuthukisa. 