Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bhatiri F rakashanda muHondo yeVirginia muuto raMajor General Irwin McDowell, richibatanidzwa musi waMarch 21, 1862, paWarrenton, Virginia. Mumamiriro ezvinhu akadaro, pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaRicketts, yakabatanidzwa mubasa rokuongorora kuRappahannock Station, Virginia, yakabva musi waApril 7, wegore iroro. Iri simba rakafambira mberi ndokuzodzokera shure, rapedza basa raro rokuunganidza mashoko. Pashure pacho bhatiri racho rakabatanidzwa muhondo yakaguma neHondo yechipiri yeBull Run. Battery F yakabatanidzwa zvakanyanya muhondo yeCedar Mountain musi waAugust 8, ichibatsira McDowell kuvhara kudzoka kweboka raMajor General Nathaniel Banks. Bhatiri racho rakabatsira kudzivirira Henry House Hill paSecond Bull Run, uye rakanga riripo paHondo yeChantilly
kunyange zvazvo vasina kuroorana. Yakanga ichibatanidzwawo mu"hero yezvombo" yeHondo yeAntietam. Lt. Ricketts akapotsa zvizhinji zvezviito izvi apo akanga ari mubasa rokunyoresa. Akadzokera kuHondo yePotomac musi waSeptember 23, 1862.