<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chikamu chaBanks chaiva chaGeorge McClellan pasinei nokushanda sechiremera chakazvimirira muShenandoah Valley. Musi waMarch 14, 1862, Mutungamiri Lincoln akapa murayiro mukuru wokuumba mauto ose aiva mudhipatimendi raMcClellan kuva mapoka. Banks nokudaro akava mukuru mukuru wehondo, aitungamirira divi rake rekare, zvino raitungamirirwa naBrig. Gen. Alpheus Williams, uye divi raBrig. Gen. James Shields, iro rakawedzerwa kumirairo yaBanks. Mushure mokunge Stonewall Jackson adzorerwa paFirst Battle of Kernstown musi waMarch 23, Banks akadaidzwa kuti atevere Jackson mumupata, kuti amudzivise kuti asimbise kudzivirirwa kweRichmond. Apo varume vaBanks vakasvika muMupata wokumaodzanyemba pamugumo womutsetse wokugovera wakaoma, purezidhendi akavayeuchidza kuStrasburg, kumugumo wokuchamhembe. Jackson akabva afamba nokukurumidza achidzika neLuray Valley, uye akasangana nemamwe mauto aBanks muHondo yeFront Royal musi waMay 23. Izvi zvakaita kuti Banks adzokere kuWinchester, uko Jackson  <response>: rakarwiswazve pana May 25. Mauto eUnion akanga asina kunyatsogadzirira kuzvidzivirira, uye akadzokera shure zvisina kurongeka kuyambuka Rwizi rwePotomac uye kudzokera kuMaryland. Kuedza kubata mauto aJackson muchirongwa chepincer nemauto aitungamirirwa naJohn Frémont naIrvin McDowell kwakakundikana, uye Jackson akakwanisa kusimbisa Richmond. Banks akashoropodzwa nokuda kwokubata zvisina kufanira mauto ake uye kuita nzvero isina kukwana mumushandirapamwe, nepo vabatiri vake vezvematongerwe enyika vakatsvaka kupomera Dhipatimendi reHondo nokuda kwokukundikana. 