Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika, Capehart akasiya basa rake rokurapa muBridgeport ndokuzvipira kupinda muUto reUnion. Akagadzwa kuva chiremba wehurumende we1st West Virginia Cavalry musi waSeptember 18, 1861. Muhafu yekupedzisira ya1863, akapinda muhondo dzeGettysburg, Bristoe Station, uye
Rwendo rwangu. 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.