Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i te Hōngongoi 1863 ki te Hanuere 1864, i a ia e ora ana i nga whara, i mahi ia i runga i nga kaimahi o te kawana o Ohio a David Tod me te arahi i nga waahanga o Ohio Militia hei whakautu ki te Raid a Morgan. I muri mai ka whakahaua e ia te 3rd Brigade o te 4th Division o te XXIII Corps i Kentucky me Tennessee ka uru ki te pakanga a Sherman Atlanta i nga pakanga o Rocky Face Ridge me
Ko Resaca. I whakahonoretia a Runkle i te Hōngongoi 21, 1864 a i te Akuhata 29, 1864, i tohua ia hei koromatua tuarua i roto i te Veterans Reserve Corps i reira i whakahau ai ia i te 21st Regiment tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga.