Ku dhameystir weedha soo socota: Ka jawaabida baaqa madaxweyne Abraham Lincoln ee hubka markii uu qarxay Dagaalkii Sokeeye, Ward wuxuu qortay ciidanka New York ee 38aad waxaana loo magacaabay kornaylkiisii ugu horeeyay. Waxa uu hoggaamiyay guurtidiisii bishii Luulyo 1861 dagaalkii ugu horreeyay ee Bull Run, isagoo noqday taliyaha fulinta guutada Brig. General Orlando B. Willcox markii dambe lagu dhaawacay dagaalka. Waxa uu marka xigta ka qayb qaatay dagaalkii Jasiiradda ee 1862 ee Brig. General David B. Birney's brigade of III Corps. Ward wuxuu sii waday inuu si fiican u qabto inta lagu gudajiray Ololaha Waqooyiga Virginia, isagoo arkay waxqabad badan oo ka dhacay Second Bull Run iyo
Chantilly (shimbir caan ah oo kale). Dadaalkiisa awgiis, waxaa loo dalacsiiyay brigadier general of volunteers bishii Oktoobar 4, 1862, waxaana loo xilsaaray amar ku saabsan waxa ahaa Birney's brigade ee III Corps ee Ciidanka Potomac. (Birney wuxuu beddelay Major General Philip Kearny, oo la dilay isagoo hogaaminaya qeybtiisa Chantilly.) Ward wuxuu hoggaaminayay guutada Fredericksburg iyo Chancellorsville.