Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikamu cheSickles' Excelsior Brigade, New York yechi72 yakabatanidzwa muhondo zhinji dzinokosha zvikurusa dzehondo. Vakaendeswa kuWashington, D.C., nhengo dzechirongwa ichi dzakatanga dzakanamatira kuDivision of the Potomac (Sickles' Brigade), uye dzakapihwa basa rekudzivirira guta risati ratora chikamu muUnion Army's expedition kuLower Maryland (Gunyana 15 - Gumiguru 2, 1861). Ivo vakabva vatumirwazve seSickles 'Brigade kuU.S. Army yePotomac muna Gumiguru sechikamu chechikamu chakatungamirwa naBrigadier-General Joseph Hooker. Basa ravo rakatevera rakakura rakauya sechikamu cheU.S. Army's Third Corps, Second Division pavakaita basa reUnion Army paManassas, Virginia (Kurume 10, 1862), rwendo kubva kuDumfries kuenda kuFredericksburg, kutora zvitoro (Kurume 18), uye kuongorora kubva kuLiverpool Point kuenda kuStafford Court House nemabasa anotevera ipapo (Kubvumbi 4). Vakagoverwa kuPeninsula Campaign, vakazotora chikamu muSiege yeYorktown, Virginia (Kubvumbi 5 - Chivabvu 4, 1862), uye vakatambura zvakanyanya muhondo yeWilliamsburg (Chivabvu 5). Pakupera kwehondo iyoyo, nhengo dzedare dzinosvika mazana maviri dzakanga dzaurawa kana kukuvadzwa, mwero wekurasikirwa uyo mudare waisazosanganazve neyakazosara yehondo. Zvadaro vakabatanidzwa muhondo yeSeven Pines / Fair Oaks (Chivabvu 31 - Chikumi 1), iyo regiment yakabva yarwa muhondo yeSeven Days kuOak Grove (Chikumi 25), Peach Orchard uye Savage's Station
(June 29), White Oak Swamp uye Glendale (June 30), uye Malvern Hill (July 1 naAugust 5). Yakatamisirwa kubva kuPeninsula munguva yekudonha kwa1862, iyo regiment yakaona basa rakasimba muMubatanidzwa weManassas Station Operations (Nyamavhuvhu 25-27) uye Hondo Yechipiri yeBull Run (Nyamavhuvhu 28-30).