<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waJuly 23, 1861 akaiswa mukutonga kwe5th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, uye akapiwa chinzvimbo chacolonel. Chikwata chepakutanga chakanga chiri 1st Regiment Colts Revolving Rifles yeConnecticut uye yaifanira kutungamirirwa naSamuel Colt, asi chikwata chacho hachina kumbobvira chaenda kunhandare. Sangano rayo rakakundikana, hurumende yakarongedzwazve muna May 1861. Mukutanga kwaKurume 1862, Ferry akatungamira mauto ake kuyambuka Rwizi rwePotomac, ndokurwisa maConfederates kuWinchester, Virginia. Chiito ichi gare gare chaizotungamirira kune chakazova Hondo Yokutanga yeWinchester  <response>: . Ferry akarumbidzwa zvikuru nokuda kwokugona kwake somutungamiriri uye somunhu aifunga zvemauto. Ferry akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general musi waMarch 17, 1862. Akabva aiswa pasi pehutungamiriri hwaGeneral James Shields, ane divi rake rakabatana nereGeneral Irvin McDowell. Paiva pasi paMcDowell apo Ferry akarwa muHondo Yokutanga yeWinchester. Ferry akaramba achishanda pasi paShields, panguva yeValley Campaign. 