 Parí gbólóhùn tó tẹ lé e yìí: A gbé Young àti àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ rẹ tí wọn jẹ ọmọ ẹgbẹ ẹṣin Pennsylvania lọ sí Camp Jones nítòsí Washington, D.C. ní August 1861, wọn sì yàn wọn láti ṣe iṣẹ ààbò níbẹ. A so pelu regiment re si Unions Army of the Potomac titi di April 1862 McCalls Division titi di March ati McDowells I Corps titi di April, oun ati igbiyanju akọkọ ti regiment re wa ni Expedition to Dranesville ti o bẹrẹ ni opin Kọkànlá Oṣù 1861. O si ti wa ni ibudo pẹlu awọn 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry ni Camp Pierpont nipasẹ March 1862. O kopa pẹlu regiment rẹ ni Advance on Manassas lati Oṣu Kẹta Ọjọ 10 si 15, lẹhinna o kopa ninu awọn iṣẹ McDowell ni ati ni ayika Falmouth lati Oṣu Kẹrin Ọjọ 9 si 19 ti ọdun yẹn. A tún yàn án pẹlú ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun rẹ sí Bayards Cavalry Brigade, èyí tí a so mọ Department of the Rappahannock títí di June 1862, Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun III ti Virginia títí di September 1862 àti Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun Potomac títí di June 1863, ó jà pẹlú ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun rẹ nínú àwọn ogun Cross Keys, Virginia June 8, 1862 àti : Cedar Mountain 9 August; Second Battle of Bull Run August 2830; àwọn ogun Antietam September 17 àti Fredericksburg August 1215; Stonemans 1863 Raid April 13 sí May 10, 1863; àti ogun Brandy Station June 9. Òpìtàn Samuel P. Bates sọ pé: 