Kammala wannan jumla: An shirya 5th New York Independent Light Artillery a Brooklyn, New York a ranar 15 ga Agusta, 1861. Iliya Taft ya zama kwamandansa a matsayin kyaftin din daga baya a wannan shekarar. An yi amfani da baturi don yin aiki tare da Brigade Excelsior a kan BG Daniel Sickles. 5th New York Battery a wasu lokuta ana kiranta da Farko na Farko na Excelsior. An tattara New York ta 5 a cikin sabis na tarayya a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1861. Ya tashi zuwa Washington, DC kwana takwas bayan haka kuma ya zauna a can, kusa da Capitol, har zuwa Maris 1862. Sa'an nan kuma 'yan bindigogi suka bar yakin basasa na MG George B. McClellan. An sanya shi zuwa Artillery Reserve na Sojojin Potomac a karkashin Colonel Henry J. Hunt. Ba a samu kayan aikin baturi ba, Taft, jami'ansa da maza sun yi aiki tare da wasu batura a yakin Yorktown,
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