Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Shaw wuxuu ku biiray Ciidanka Midowga ee Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Mareykanka, isagoo ku biiray Shirkadda A, 35aad New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment sidii gaarka loo leeyahay bishii Juun 1861. Kadib waxaa loo dalacsiiyay sarkaal, wuxuuna u adeegay ilaa laga soo saaray ciidankii ka haray gudihiisa bishii Juun 1863. Shaw wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay howlihii guutada ee Virginia iyo Maryland, oo ay ka mid yihiin; dhismaha Fort Tillinghast iyo Fort Craig (deyrtii 1861); ilaalada iyo ilaalada ilaalada iyo hareeraha Falls Church, Virginia (jiilaalkii 1861-1862); ilaalada iyo ilaalada iyo hareeraha Falmouth, Virginia (gu'gii 1862); dagaallada saldhigga Rappahannock, White Sulphur Springs, iyo Gainesville (xagaagii 1862); Dagaalkii Labaad ee Bull Run (Agoosto 1862);
Chantilly (Sebtember 1862); Buurta Koonfureed (Sebtember 1862); Antietam (Sebtember 1862); iyo Fredericksburg (December 1862). Bishii Janaayo, 1863, guutada waxaa loo qoondeeyay guutada ilaalada ee Falmouth, waxayna sidoo kale qabatay waajibaadka ilaalada iyo ilaalinta tareenka Aquia Creek. Bishii Maajo, guutada waxay ka baxday Maryland si ay u aado New York si ay u soo ururiyaan.