Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọnwa abụọ tupu ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya nke iri abụọ na itoolu, J. Wallace Scott ghọrọ otu n'ime ndị mbụ Pennsylvania zara oku Onye isi ala Abraham Lincoln maka ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo iji chebe Washington, DC. Mgbe ọ debanyere aha maka ọrụ agha na West Chester na June 4, 1861, ọ kpọkọtara dị ka onye nkịtị na Company A nke 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment (nke a makwaara dị ka 30th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry). N'ịbụ onye e buliri n'ọkwa nke onye isi n'oge ọ na-eje ozi, ya na ndị ikom ya jidere ụgbọ ibu abụọ nke ndị iro mgbe e kenyere ha ọrụ na-arụ ọrụ n'akụkụ okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè Annapolis na Virginia na August 1861. A na-eji ịnyịnya abụọ adọta nke ọ bụla n'ime ụgbọ ndị ahụ, a na-eji ọlaedo na silk ruru $5,000 nke a ga-eji mee uwe agha CSA na ọkọlọtọ, tinyere ihe ndị e ji eme ọgwụ quinine e bu n'uche maka ndị dọkịta CSA. Ya na ndị agha ya so lụọ agha ụbọchị asaa na nso Richmond, Virginia site na June 25 ruo July 1, 1862, gụnyere agha nke Beaver Dam Creek (June 26), Gaines's Mill (June 27),
Savage's Station (June 29), Glendale (June 30), na Malvern Hill (July 1), ọ lụrụ ọgụ na Agha nke Abụọ nke Bull Run (August 28-30), na agha nke South Mountain (September 14) na Antietam (September 17). N'ịbụ onye e buliri n'ọkwa nke onye isi ndị agha, a napụrụ ya n'ụzọ dị ùgwù na Ọktọba 23 iji were ọkwa ọhụrụ na ndị agha ọzọ.