Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Qayb ka mid ah Sickles' Excelsior Brigade, New York 72aad waxay ka qeyb qaadatay dagaalo badan oo muhiim u ah dagaalka. Markii la geeyay Washington, D.C., xubnaha guutadaas waxaa markii hore lagu daray Qaybta Potomac (Sickles' Brigade), waxaana loo xilsaaray inay difaacaan magaalada ka hor inta aysan ka qeyb galin duulimaadkii Ciidanka Midowga ee Maryland (15 Sebtember - 2 Oktoobar 1861). Kadib waxaa dib loogu magacaabay Sickles' Brigade ee Ciidanka Mareykanka ee Potomac bishii Oktoobar iyada oo qayb ka ah qeybta uu hoggaaminayo Brigadier General Joseph Hooker. Ciidankooda xiga ee muhiimka ah waxay ka mid noqdeen qeyb ka mid ah Ciidanka Saddexaad ee Ciidanka Mareykanka, Qaybta Labaad markii ay ku lug lahaayeen horumarka Ciidanka Midowga ee Manassas, Virginia (Maarso 10, 1862), safarkii Dumfries ilaa Fredericksburg, qabsashada dukaamada (Maarso 18), iyo sahaminta laga bilaabo Liverpool Point ilaa Stafford Court House iyo hawlgallada dambe ee halkaas ka socda (Abriil 4). Waxaa dib loogu magacaabay Ololaha Jasiiradda, waxay ka qeyb qaateen Duulaankii Yorktown, Virginia (Abriil 5-May 4, 1862), waxayna la kulmeen khasaarooyin culus Dagaalkii Williamsburg (May 5). Markii uu dagaalku dhammaaday, ku dhawaad 200 oo xubnood oo ka tirsan guutada ayaa la dilay ama la dhaawacay, heer khasaare ah oo guutada aysan mar kale la kulmi doonin inta ka hartay dagaalka. Kadib waxay ku lug lahaayeen &lt;a href="Battle%20of%20Seven%20Pines"&gt; Dagaalkii Toddoba Pines/Fair Oaks&lt;/a&gt; (May 31 <unk>June 1), guutada ayaa markaa ku dagaalamay Toddoba Maalmood Dagaalkii Oak Grove (June 25), Peach Orchard iyo Savage's Station
(Juun 29), White Oak Swamp iyo Glendale (Juun 30), iyo Malvern Hill (July 1 iyo August 5). Waxaa laga soo wareejiyay Jasiiradda xilligii dayrta 1862, guutada waxay aragtay ficil culus oo ka dhacay Howlgallada Saldhigga Manassas ee Midowga (Agoosto 25-27) iyo Dagaalkii Labaad ee Bull Run (Agoosto 28-30).