Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Engari, i mahi a Crutchfield hei rangatira o Stonewall Jackson's o te patu patu i roto i te Whakatairanga o te Raorao, ka tiimata i te Paenga-whawha 21, 1862. I te Mei 23, i tere tana pupuhi ki te mua i te Pakanga o Front Royal, engari kaore i taea e raatau te mahi i nga patu i waatea. Crutchfield kite mahi i te
Ko te Pakanga Tuatahi o Winchester i te Mei 25, 1862, tae atu ki te kawe i nga whakahau ki a Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell. Ko ia me tana kaiawhina, ko Edward Willis, i mauheretia mo te wa poto i te Pipiri 8, i te wa i uru mai ai tetahi roopu whakaeke a Federal ki muri o te tuunga o te Confederate i Port Republic. I hoki mai a Lt. Col. Crutchfield ki te mahi i te ra i muri mai i te Pakanga o Port Republic, e arahi ana i nga pu, i te mea i mawhiti i te wa o te pakanga i waenga i ona kaitiaki me nga hoia mai i te 37th Virginia Infantry.