Dhameystir weedha soo socota: 1-dii Juun, 1862, isagoo hogaaminaya guutada Midowga ee
Fair Oaks, Howard waxaa labo jeer lagu dhaawacay Gacantiisa Midig, taasoo markii danbe la jaray. (Wuxuu helay Bilada Sharafta 1893 geesinimadiisa Fair Oaks.) Brig. Gen. Philip Kearny, oo gacantiisa bidix lumisay, ayaa booqday Howard wuxuuna ku kaftamay inay awoodi doonaan inay wada iibsadaan galoofis. Howard si dhakhso ah ayuu u soo kabsaday si uu ugu biiro ciidanka dagaalka Antietam, kaas oo uu ku koray hogaanka qeybta ee Ciidanka II. Waxaa loo dalacsiiyay sarkaal sare bishii Nofeembar 1862 wuxuuna la wareegay amarka XI Corps bishii Abriil ee soo socotay, isagoo badalay Major General Franz Sigel. Maadaama ciidanka ay u badnaayeen Jarmal soo galooti ah, oo badankoodu aysan ku hadlin Ingiriisiga, askartu waxay ka xanaaqeen hogaamiyayaashooda cusub waxayna si cad ugu baaqeen dib u soo celinta Sigel.