Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Dhamaadkii Juun, 1861, Hotchkiss wuxuu u saxiixay inuu noqdo xamuul xamuul ah si uu sahay ugu qaado Ciidanka fardooleyda ee Churchville ee Rich Mountain, West Virginia. Hotchkiss wuxuu adeeggiisa kaararka u soo bandhigay Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett, oo gudigiisa Confederate-ka uu ka hawlgalay galbeedka Virginia. Hotchkiss wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay Buurta Rich wuxuuna abuuray khariidado loogu talagalay ololihii General Robert E. Lee ee buuraha. Wuxuu qaatay fasax caafimaad oo kooban ka dib markii uu ku dhacay qandho qandho, laakiin wuxuu ku soo laabtay shaqada bishii Maarso 1862 isagoo ahaa injineer sare oo ka tirsan degmada Valley District, isagoo u warramay Major General Stonewall Jackson. Ka dib guuldaradii ugu horeysay ee uu ka soo gaaray dagaalkii Kernstown intii lagu jiray
1862 Ololaha Dooxada, bishii Maarso 26, 1862, Jackson wuxuu u yeeray Hotchkiss xaruntiisa dhexe ee Narrow Passage oo u dhow Woodstock wuxuuna ku amray inuu "i sameeyo khariidad Dooxada, laga bilaabo Harper's Ferry ilaa Lexington, oo muujineysa dhammaan dhibcaha weerarka iyo difaaca [sic] meelahaas. " Hotchkiss ayaa markiiba ku taliyey in Jackson uu ku guulaystay Stony Creek ee Woodstock oo aan la difaaci karin, iyo in Jackson uu dib ugu laabto Rude's Hill, oo ah meel yar oo difaac ah oo koonfurta ka xigta Mt. Jackson, waxaan leeyahay Waxay ahayd Rude's Hill in Jackson uu dib u abaabulay taliskiisa inta ka hartay ololihiisii guusha ee 1862 ee Dooxada Shenandoah.