Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The 5th New York Independent Light Artillery yakarongwa muBrooklyn, New York musi waAugust 15, 1861. Elijah Taft akapiwa basa rake somutungamiriri gare gare mugore iroro. Bhatiri racho raifanira kushanda neExcelsior Brigade paBG Daniel Sickles. 5th New York Battery dzimwe nguva yainzi First Excelsior Light Artillery. New York yechishanu yakabatanidzwa mubasa rehurumende musi waNovember 8, 1861. Yakaenda kuWashington, D. C. mazuva masere gare gare ndokugara ikoko, yakadzika musasa pedyo neCapitol, kusvikira muna March 1862. Ipapo vapfuri vakabva vaenda kuPeninsula Campaign yaMG George B. McClellan. Yakagoverwa kuReserve Artillery yeArmy of the Potomac pasi paColonel Henry J. Hunt. Zvokushandisa zvebheteri zvisina kusvika, Taft, vakuru vake nevarume vakashanda nemamwe mabheteri paHondo yeYorktown,
Hondo yeSeven Pines uye Hondo dzeMazuva Manomwe.