Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika Yose, Capehart akasiya basa rake rokurapa muBridgeport ndokuzvipira kupinda muUto reUnion. Akagadzwa kuva chiremba wehurumende we1st West Virginia Cavalry musi waSeptember 18, 1861. Muhafu yokupedzisira ya1863, akabatanidzwa muhondo dzeGettysburg, Bristoe Station, uye Mine Run
. Pamusoro pezvinorayirwa naGeneral Judson Kilpatrick nevamwe, Capehart akaitwa colonel uye akabudirira Nathaniel P. Richmond, uyo akasiya basa nekuda kwezvinetso zvehutano, semutungamiri we regiment musi waFebruary 22, 1864.