<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yombango ngo-1861, uvon Vegesack waya e - United States futhi wajoyina i - Union Army. Waba uKaputeni we-Ohio Infantry 58th. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-Major ku-General John E. Wool. Waqale wakhonza eFort Monroe. Njengomsizi kaJoseph K. Mansfield wabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweNewport News. Ngo-1862 wasula esikhundleni, kodwa wabe esejoyina uMajor General George B. McClellan ekuvinjezelweni kweYorktown. Njenge-ADC eButterfield wabamba iqhaza ezimpini zaseHanover Court House, Seven Pines naseFair Oaks. WayeseMphini yaseMechanicsville, eGainess Mill,  <response>: Isiteshi sikaSavage, kanye neMalvern Hill. UVegesack wamiswa njengekholonili we-20th New York Infantry, ibutho laseJalimane Turner. Wanikezwa umyalo phezu 3rd brigade in General William Farrar Smith sika division of the 6th Army Corps. Wabamba iqhaza eMpini Yesibili YaseBull Run. Wathatha izindawo eziphakeme ezingaphandle kweJefferson, eMaryland. Wabonisa isibindi e-Antietam. UVegesack wayesempini yaseFredericksburg. NgoMeyi 1863 ibutho likaVegesack laliyingxenye yophiko lwesobunxele lukaJoseph Hooker eMpini yaseChancellorsville. 