Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Daga Yuli 1863 zuwa Janairu 1864, yayin da yake murmurewa daga raunuka, ya yi aiki a kan ma'aikatan gwamnan Ohio David Tod kuma ya jagoranci ƙungiyoyin 'yan bindigar Ohio a cikin martani ga Morgan's Raid. Daga bisani ya umurci Brigade na 3 na 4 na XXIII Corps a Kentucky da Tennessee kuma ya shiga cikin Sherman Atlanta Campaign a yakin Rocky Face Ridge da Resaca
Ka yi haƙuri. Runkle ya kasance da girmamawa a ranar 21 ga Yuli, 1864 kuma a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 1864, an nada shi kwamandan kwamandan a cikin Rundunar Sojoji na Tsohon Sojoji inda ya umurci rundunar 21st har sai yakin ya ƙare.