Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ná mmalite Agha Obodo America, Poe nyere aka n'ịhazi ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo si Ohio; ka e mesịrị, e mere ya onye so n'òtù ndị ọrụ Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ Virginia ma kere òkè n'agha Ugwu Rich. Ya na McClellan so gaa Washington ma nye aka site n'ịhazi nchebe nke isi obodo ahụ. N'ịbụ onye e buliri n'ọkwa nke ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo na Septemba, e nyere ya iwu nke 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. O duziri ha nke ọma site na Yorktown site na
Agha nke Seven Pines n'oge Peninsula Campaign; emesịa e nyere ya iwu nke otu brigade tupu Northern Virginia Campaign nke 1862. Brigade ya gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ n'akụkụ aka nri nke Union n'agha nke abụọ nke Bull Run n'August 29-30 mana ọ bụ naanị ntakịrị ihe. Mgbe ụbọchị ole na ole gasịrị, na September 1, Poe na ndị ikom ya so lụọ Agha Chantilly. Brigade ya nọ ebe ahụ, mana ọ naghị arụ ọrụ n'oge Disemba 1862 Agha nke Fredericksburg.