Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1861, an ba Taylor mukamin brigadier general, yana umurnin brigade na Louisiana a karkashin Richard S. Ewell a yakin Shenandoah Valley wanda Stonewall Jackson ya jagoranci. A lokacin Valley Campaign, Jackson ya yi amfani da brigade na Taylor a matsayin rundunar 'yan wasa mai mahimmanci wanda ya kafa saurin tafiya da sauri kuma ya kai hare-haren kai hare-hare. A yakin Front Royal a ranar 23 ga watan Mayu,
Yaƙin farko na Winchester a ranar 25 ga Mayu, kuma a ƙarshe a yakin basasa na Port Republic a ranar 9 ga Yuni, Taylor ya jagoranci Rundunar Sojoji ta 9 a cikin hare-haren da aka yi a kan makiyan abokan gaba.