<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: McKay akagamuchira kugadzwa pasi paDorothea Dix somukoti wechipatara, uye akavamba upenyu hwake hwechipatara muFrederick, Maryland, muna March, 1862, apo akavimbiswa kutarisira nhamba huru yavarwere kubva  <response>: Hondo Yokutanga yeWinchester. Muna September, 1862, guta rakazadzwa kwamazuva maviri kana matatu neStonewall Jacksons Corps munzira yavo yokuSouth Mountain neAntietam. Vapanduki vakatora chipatara, uye vakachizadza kwenguva yacho navarume vavo vairwara navakakuvadzwa. Kuramba kwakanga kusina maturo, uye McKay akabata vakuru vakuru vapanduki navarume nomutsa, uye akaita zvaaigona nokuda kwavanorwara; unhu hwake hwakanaka nomutsa zvakazivikanwa, uye akabatwa noruremekedzo. Pashure peHondo yeAntietam, Frederick City nezvipatara zvayo zvakazadzwa nevakakuvadzwa, asi nokukurumidza apo vakakuvadzwa vakava vanopora, akaenda kuWashington, D.C. uye akapiwa basa kwechinguva muzvipatara zveCapital. Muna January, akaenda kuFalmouth, Virginia ndokuwana basa somukoti muThird Corps Hospital. Pano, iye nokukurumidza akaita shanduko muchipatara; kubva pakuva wakaipisisa, chakava chakanakisisa chezvipatara zvemauto ari pamberi. General David B. Birney nomudzimai wake, vakatsigira uye vakakurudzira nhamburiko dzake dzose dzokuvandudza. 