Waxa uu ku biiray ciidanka Midowga Maraykanka isaga oo ka tirsanaa qeybta E ee 49aad ee New York Volunteer Infantry bishii June, 1861, waxa uuna gaaray darajada sargaalka. Ciidanka Potomac, qeybtiisu waxay ka qeyb qaadatay dagaalo ay ka mid ahaayeen Young's Mill, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Mechanicsville, Fair Oaks, Gaines's Mill, Savage's Station
, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Williamsport, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg iyo kuwo kale. Walsh waxaa la qabtay intii lagu guda jiray howlgallada ka dhanka ah Tareenka Welden wax yar ka hor inta uusan dhicin muddadii uu ku jiray diiwaangelinta wuxuuna maxbuus ku ahaa Belle Isle, Xabsiga Libby, Andersonville, Savannah, Castle Pinckney iyo Florence Stockade, ka hor inta aan la bedelin oo lagu celin Annapolis, Indiana, halkaas oo si sharaf leh loogu sii daayay May 5, 1865. Waqtiyadaas kadib, wuxuu sideed sano ka shaqeynayay "Wisconsin State Journal" ee Madison.