Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na nzaghachi maka oku Onye isi ala Abraham Lincoln na-akpọ maka agha na ntiwapụ nke Agha Obodo, Ward kpọtara ndị 38th New York Infantry ma họpụta ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi mbụ ya. O duziri ndị agha ya na July 1861 Agha nke Mbụ nke Bull Run, na-aghọ onye isi nke Brig. General Orlando B. Willcox mgbe nke ikpeazụ merụrụ ahụ n'agha. O mechara rụọ ọrụ na 1862 Peninsula Campaign na Brig. Gen. David B. Birney's brigade nke III Corps. Ward gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ nke ọma n'oge Mgbasa Ozi Northern Virginia, na-ahụ ọtụtụ ihe na Second Bull Run na Chantilly
Ọ dị mma. Maka mbọ ya, e buliri ya n'ọkwa brigadier general nke ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo na Ọktoba 4, 1862, ma nye ya iwu nke brigade Birney na III Corps nke ndị agha nke Potomac. (Birney nọchiri Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, onye e gburu na-eduzi ndị otu ya na Chantilly.) Ward duziri ndị agha na Fredericksburg na Chancellorsville.