Dhameystir weedhan soo socota: Xilligii qaboobaha ee 1861-62, Willson wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay ilaalinta Baltimore iyo Ohio Railroad iyo ololeyaal ka dhacay Virginia oo hoos yimaada jeneraalada Nathaniel Banks iyo John Pope. Waxa uu ku dagaalamay dagaalkii Antietam, September 17, 1862. Bishii Meey 5, 1863, waxaa si xun loogu dhaawacay Dagaalkii Chancellorsville Virginia. Ma uusan dib ugu soo noqon waajibaadka illaa Sebtember 1863 oo uu hoos imaaday General Joseph Hooker markii XI iyo XII Corps ee Ciidanka Potomac ay u dhaqaaqeen dhanka galbeed si ay u xoojiyaan Ciidanka Cumberland agagaarka Chattanooga, Tennessee. Halkaasi oo uu Willson kaga qayb galay dagaaladii Wauhatchie,
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Peavine Creek, iyo Ringgold Gap.