Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Na July 23, 1861, e nyere ya ikike ịchị ndị 5th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, ma nye ya ọkwa nke Colonel. Ndị agha mbụ bụ ndị agha nke mbụ Colts Revolving Rifles nke Connecticut na Samuel Colt kwesịrị iduzi ya, mana ndị agha ahụ abanyeghị n'ọhịa. Nhazi ya dara, a haziri ndị agha ahụ ọzọ na Mee 1861. Na mbido Machị 1862, Ferry duuru ndị agha ya gafee Osimiri Potomac, wee wakpo ndị Confederates na Winchester, Virginia. Ihe a ha mere mechara mee ka a lụọ Agha Winchester nke Mbụ.
Ọ dị mma. A jara Ferry mma maka ikike o nwere dị ka onye ndú nakwa dị ka onye na-echepụta atụmatụ agha. E buliri Ferry n'ọkwa Brigadier General na Machị 17, 1862. Mgbe ahụ, e tinyere ya n'okpuru iwu nke General James Shields, onye ngalaba ya sonyeere nke General Irvin McDowell. Ọ bụ n'okpuru McDowell ka Ferry lụrụ ọgụ na Agha Mbụ nke Winchester. Ferry gara n'ihu na-eje ozi n'okpuru Shields, n'oge mkpọsa ndagwurugwu.