Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Oketopa 21, 1861, i whakatairangahia a Taylor ki te rangatira o te brigadier, e whakahau ana i te brigade Louisiana i raro i a Richard S. Ewell i te pakanga o Shenandoah Valley i arahina e Stonewall Jackson. I te wa o te pakanga o te raorao, i whakamahia e Jackson te roopu a Taylor hei ope patu rangatira i whakatakoto i te tere tere tere me te whakaeke i nga whakaeke tere. I te Pakanga o Front Royal i te Mei 23,
Ko te Pakanga Tuatahi o Winchester i te Mei 25, ka mutu i te Pakanga o Port Republic i te Pipiri 9, i arahi a Taylor i te 9th Infantry i nga whakaeke i nga waahi kaha o te hoariri.