Ku dhameystir weedha soo socota: Sanadkii 1860, Parnell wuxuu yimid Mareykanka wuxuuna ku biiray ciidanka Mareykanka ee Brooklyn, New York markii uu bilowday Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Mareykanka sanadkii xigay. Wuxuu xubin ka noqday Guutada 4aad ee New York Volunteer Cavalry, oo caan ku ah "Dickel's Mounted Rifles", oo ugu horreyn u adeegay Ciidanka Potomac. Labadii sano ee ugu horeysay dagaalka, wuxuu qeyb ka ahaa ololihii Korneyl Louis Blenker ee Shenandoah Valley iyo West Virginia. Waxa kale oo uu ka qayb qaatay dagaalladii Cross Keys, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, iyo Dagaalkii Labaad ee Bull Run. Ciidanka Fardooleyda, wuxuu sidoo kale ku dagaalamay dagaalladii Fredericksburg, Beverly Ford, Brandy Station, Stoneman's Raid, Aldie, iyo Middleburg. Bishii Juun 21, 1863, waxaa la qabtay ka dib markii uu hogaaminayay weerar fashilmay oo fardooley ah oo ka dhacay Dagaalkii Upperville waxaana si kooban loogu haystay maxaabiis dagaal. Wuxuu baxsaday laba bilood kadib wuxuuna aaday Petersburg, West Virginia halkaas oo uu dib ula midoobay gudihiisa. Dagaalki ka danbeeyay wuxuu ka qayb qaatay dagaalo ka dhacay deegaanada Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Trevilian Station, Petersburg, Lee Mills,
Winchester iyo Cedar Creek oo ka mid ah hawlgallada kale.