dhamaystir weedha soo socota: qeybta Banks waxay ahayd qeybta George McClellan inkastoo ay u shaqeyneysay sidii talis madax banaan dooxada Shenandoah. Bishii Maarso 14, 1862, madaxweyne Lincoln wuxuu soo saaray amar fulineed kaas oo u sameeyay dhamaan ciidamada waaxda McClellan qeyb. Banks wuxuu sidaas ku noqday taliyaha ciidanka, oo mas'uul ka ah qeybtiisii hore, oo hadda uu hoggaaminayo Brig. Gen. Alpheus Williams, iyo qeybta Brig. Gen. James Shields, oo lagu daray amarka Banks. Kadib markii Stonewall Jackson dib loogu celiyay Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Kernstown bishii Maarso 23, Banks waxaa lagu amray inuu Jackson ku daba galo dooxada, si looga hortago inuu xoojiyo difaaca Richmond. Markii raggii Banks ay gaareen koonfurta dooxada dhamaadka khadadka sahayda adag, madaxweynaha ayaa ugu yeeray Strasburg, dhamaadka waqooyiga. Kadib Jackson wuxuu si dhakhso leh ugu socday dooxada Luray ee ku dhow, wuxuuna la kulmay qaar ka mid ah ciidamada Banks ee Dagaalkii Front Royal 23-kii Maajo. Tani waxay keentay in Banks uu dib ugu laabto Winchester, halkaas oo Jackson
Waxaa la weeraray 25-kii Maajo. Ciidamada Midowga waxay ahaayeen kuwo si liidata u diyaarsan difaaca, waxayna dib ugu laabteen si aan kala sooc lahayn webiga Potomac iyo dib ugu noqoshada Maryland. Isku day lagu doonayay in lagu qabsado ciidamada Jackson dhaqdhaqaaq cidhiidhi ah (oo ay hogaaminayeen ciidamada John Frémont iyo Irvin McDowell) ayaa fashilmay, Jackson wuxuu awooday inuu xoojiyo Richmond. Banks waxaa lagu dhaleeceeyay in uu si xun ula dhaqmay ciidamadiisa iyo in uu sameeyay aqoonsi aan ku filnayn ololaha, halka xulafadiisa siyaasadeed ay isku dayeen in ay ku eedeeyaan Wasaaradda Dagaalka.