Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Oktoobar 21, 1861, Taylor waxaa loo dalacsiiyay brigadier general, isagoo amar ku siinaya guutada Louisiana ee Richard S. Ewell ee ololaha Shenandoah Valley ee uu hogaaminayo Stonewall Jackson. Intii lagu guda jiray Ololaha Dooxada, Jackson wuxuu u adeegsaday guutada Taylor sidii ciidan hubeysan oo hubeysan oo dejinaya xawaare dhaqso ah oo dhaqso leh oo weerar deg deg ah ku qaada. Dagaalkii ka dhacay Front Royal 23-kii Maajo,
Dagaalkii ugu horeeyay ee Winchester 25-kii Maajo, iyo ugu dambeyntii Dagaalkii ugu sarreeyay ee Port Republic 9-kii Juun, Taylor wuxuu hoggaamiyay Ciidanka 9aad ee Caga-jirka ee weerarrada waqtiga ku habboon ee ka dhanka ah jagooyinka xoogga leh ee cadowga.