Pari gbolohun yii: Ni ọdun 1862 Batiri M gbe pẹlu Ẹgbẹ-ogun ti Potomac sinu Virginia gẹgẹbi apakan ti Major General George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign (Oṣu Kẹta <unk> Oṣu Keje ọdun 1862). Ti a so mọ si Ẹrọ-ogun ti Ogun ti Potomac labẹ Colonel Henry J. Hunt, Batiri M ni a fi si Brigade Akọkọ (Awọn ọmọ ogun ogun ogun ogun ti US Horse) labẹ aṣẹ ti Lieutenant Colonel William Hays. Benson darí ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ lọ́nà tó gbéṣẹ́ nígbà tí wọ́n gbógun ti Yorktown, nígbà tí wọ́n jagun Hanover Court House, àti nígbà tí wọ́n jagun ti
Ogun ti Pines Meje (Ipade Fair Oaks).