Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Isku qorista adeegga militariga ee Dagaalkii Sokeeye inta lagu gudajiray xagaagii 1862, Buck wuxuu isdiiwaangaliyay 17kii Ogosto Windsor, Connecticut, waxaana si rasmi ah loogu soo aruuriyay askar ahaan Shirkadda A ee Ciidanka 21aad ee Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Markii hore waxaa loo qoondeeyay Ciidanka Midowga ee Potomac, isaga iyo asxaabtiisa 21aad ee Connecticut Volunteers waxay ku dagaalameen Dagaalkii Fredericksburg laga bilaabo Diseembar 12-15 ee sanadkaas. Intii uu ku guda jiray Burnside "Mud March", Buck waxaa loo dalacsiiyay darajada sarkaalka Jan. 20, 1863. Isaga iyo gudigiisa ayaa ka qeyb qaatay weerarkii Suffolk gugaas, wuxuu ahaa ilaaliye iyo ilaaliye u dhow Portsmouth iyo Newport News xagaagaas, dayrta iyo jiilaalka. Qeyb ka mid ah safarkii Midowga ee ku teedsan Webiga James ee Virginia, oo la bilaabay dabayaaqadii Janaayo 1864, 21aad ee Connecticut Volunteers ayaa markaa soo maray Fort Powhatan iyo Smithfield ka hor inta aysan u aadin Waqooyiga Carolina, halkaas oo ay ku sugnaayeen New Bern (Febraayo 12), Plymouth, Washington iyo Blount's Creek ka hor inta aysan ku soo laaban Portsmouth, Virginia dabayaaqadii Abriil. Ku xiran ciidamada Midowga ee ka qeyb qaadanaya howlgallada ka dhanka ah Petersburg iyo Richmond inta badan guga iyo xagaaga, waxay ku lug lahaayeen Swift Creek, Fort Darling,
Dagaalkii Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, iyo Aqalka Cad ka hor inta uusan ku dagaallamin dagaallada u dhow Cold Harbor inta badan bisha Juun iyo dagaalkii godadka ee Bermuda Hundred laga bilaabo dabayaaqadii Agoosto ilaa dabayaaqadii Sebtember 1864.