<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Lapho izindaba zeMpi Yombango zifika eMinnesota, uBloomer nabazala bakhe bajoyina amaStillwater Guards, iqembu lasemakhaya. Abakwa-Guards bahlanganiswa ne-First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment eFort Snelling ngo-Ephreli 29, 1861, kwakheka i-nucleus yeNkampani B. U-Bloomer ekuqaleni wanikezwa isikhundla sika-corporal futhi wabamba iqhaza kuzo zonke izingxabano ezinkulu ze-regiment kuze kube yiMpi yase-Antietam. Walimala kancane ekhanda eMpini yaseBull Run. Phakathi nenkathi  <response>: I-Battle of Savages Station ngoJuni 29, 1862, eyayiyingxenye ye-Peninsula Campaign, u-Bloomer wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yisikhulu esiphezulu. Phakathi nalokhu kulwa kwabulawa umphathi wefulegi. UBloomer wathatha imibala, futhi wahlukaniswa nebutho amahora amahlanu. Wabuyisela imibala eqenjini futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni ngenxa yesibindi sakhe. 