Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika yeAmerica, Sedgwick akanga ari mukuru mukuru uye mutevedzeri womukuru mukuru weDhipatimendi reMasoja reWashington. Akapotsa chiito chokutanga chehondo paHondo Yokutanga yeBull Run, achipora kubva kucholera. Akakwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general musi waAugust 31, 1861, akatungamira 2nd brigade yeMaj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman's division muuto rePotomac, ipapo chikamu chake, icho chakasarudzwa se2nd division yeII Corps yePeninsula Campaign. MuVirginia, akarwa paYorktown uye
Seven Pines. Munguva yeHondo yeMazuva Manomwe, divi raSedgwick rakarwa paSavage's Station neGlendale, richikuvadzwa muhondo yekupedzisira. Pashure peHondo Yemazuva Manomwe, akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru. II Corps nechikamu chaSedgwick havana kubatanidzwa muNorthern Virginia Campaign.