Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'abalị iri abụọ na otu n'ọnwa Ọktoba, n'afọ 1861, a buliri Taylor n'ọkwa brigadier general, na-achị otu brigade Louisiana n'okpuru Richard S. Ewell na mkpọsa Shenandoah Valley nke Stonewall Jackson duziri. N'oge mkpọsa nke ndagwurugwu ahụ, Jackson jiri ndị agha Taylor dị ka ndị agha na-awakpo ndị agha nke setịpụrụ ọsọ ọsọ na-agagharị ma na-eme mwakpo ngwa ngwa. N'agha a lụrụ na Front Royal na May 23,
Agha nke mbụ nke Winchester na May 25, na n'ikpeazụ na njedebe nke agha nke Port Republic na June 9, Taylor duru ndị agha nke 9 na mwakpo oge megide ọnọdụ ndị iro siri ike.