Waxa uu ku biiray Ciidanka Midowga ee May 1861, waxa uu ka mid noqday sarkaal ka tirsan guutada 9-aad ee New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, oo loo yaqaano "Hawkins' Zouaves", ka dibna wuxuu ka mid noqday ciidanka IX Army Corps halkaas oo uu ka soo shaqeeyay General Benjamin Butler ee dagaalka Big Bethel iyo Hatteras Inlet.
Waxaad Sanadkii 1862, wuxuu la socday ciidankii Potomac ee General Ambrose Burnside ee safarkii Roanoke wuxuuna ka qeyb qaatay dagaalladii Hatteras Inlet, Roanoke Island, South Mountain, Antietam iyo Fredericksburg. Laba jeer oo la dhaawacay intii lagu jiray ololaha, Jardine waxaa loo dalacsiiyay darajada major "dabeecad geesinimo leh" wuxuuna si kooban u amray Guutada 89aad ee New York Infantry Regiment.