Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika Yose, Birney akapinda muuto reUnion musi waMay 22, 1861 ari kaputeni mu1st New Jersey Infantry Regiment. Akaona hondo kokutanga muHondo Yokutanga yeBull Run. Akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru we4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, akapinda muhondo dzeChipiri Bull Run, Chantilly
, Fredericksburg, uye, somukuru mukuru, Chancellorsville. Muna 1863<unk>64, akagadzwa semumwe wevatatu vakuru vakuru vaitungamirira kunyoresa mauto ane mavara muuto reUnion, uye mune izvozvi akaronga mapoka manomwe. Akapiwa zita rokuti Colonel wechi22 U.S. Colored Troops. Musi waChikumi 9, 1863, akagadzwa se brigadier general wevanozvipira, kusvika kubva muna Chivabvu 22, 1863, uye akatumirwa kuMaryland kunotora mamwe mauto evatema. Muna 1864, akaendesa mauto ake kunorwa muSouth Carolina sechikamu cheDhipatimendi reSouth. Havana kubudirira, asi vakaita basa riri nani zvikuru mumishandirapamwe muFlorida, kusanganisira Hondo yeOlustee.