Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Baturi F ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Virginia a cikin rundunar Manjo Janar Irwin McDowell, ya shiga shi a ranar 21 ga Maris, 1862, a Warrenton, Virginia. A cikin wannan mahallin ya shiga, a karkashin jagorancin Ricketts, a cikin wani bincike na bincike zuwa Rappahannock Station, Virginia, wanda ya bar ranar 7 ga Afrilu na wannan shekarar. Wannan rundunar ta ci gaba sannan ta janye, bayan ta cika manufar tattara bayanan. Daga nan sai baturin ya shiga cikin yakin da ya ƙare a karo na biyu na Bull Run. Baturi na F ya shiga cikin yakin Cedar Mountain a ranar 8 ga watan Agusta, yana taimaka wa McDowell ya rufe komawar sojojin Janar Janar Nathaniel Banks. Baturi ya taimaka wajen kare Henry House Hill a na biyu na Bull Run, kuma ya kasance a yakin Chantilly
ko da yake ba a yi alkawari ba. Har ila yau, ya shiga cikin "hannun jahannama" na yakin Antietam. Lt. Ricketts ya rasa yawancin waɗannan ayyukan yayin da yake aiki a kan aikin daukar ma'aikata. Ya koma rundunar sojojin Potomac a ranar 23 ga Satumba, 1862.