 Pari gbolohun yii: Ni February 6, 1862, a yan Dana gẹgẹbi brigadier general, lati ṣe ipo lati February 3, 1862, o si fun ni aṣẹ ti Brigade 3rd ti Ẹka 2nd ni Union II Corps, brigade kan ti o ni awọn ọmọ-ogun onisẹfẹ lati New York, Massachusetts, ati Michigan. Dana ṣe olori ikọ yii jakejado Igbimọ Peninsula ni orisun omi ati ooru ti ọdun 1862, o kopa ninu Siege of Yorktown ni ibẹrẹ Oṣu Kẹrin si ibẹrẹ Oṣu Karun, Ogun ti Awọn Pines Meje ni ipari Oṣu Karun ati ibẹrẹ Oṣu Karun, : Ogun White Oak Swamp ní June 30, Ogun Glendale náà ní June 30, àti Ogun Malvern Hill ní July 1. 