Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi a Battery F i te ope taua o Virginia i roto i te roopu o Major General Irwin McDowell, i uru atu ki a ia i te Poutu-te-rangi 21, 1862, i Warrenton, Virginia. I roto i taua horopaki, i uru ia, i raro i te kaiarahi a Ricketts, i roto i te haerenga tirotiro ki te Rappahannock Station, Virginia, i wehe i te Paenga-whawha 7, o taua tau. I anga whakamua tēnei ope, kātahi ka hoki, i te mea kua tutuki i a rātau te whāinga o te kohikohi mōhiohio. I muri mai ka uru te papahiko ki te pakanga i mutu i te Pakanga Tuarua o Bull Run. I uru nui a Battery F ki te Pakanga o Cedar Mountain i te Akuhata 8, i awhina i a McDowell ki te hipokina i te wehenga o nga roopu o te Major General Nathaniel Banks. I awhina te papahiko ki te tiaki i a Henry House Hill i te Tuarua o Bull Run, a i reira i te
Ko te Pakanga o Chantilly ahakoa kaore i uru. I uru atu hoki ki te "hero puhipuhi" o te Pakanga o Antietam. I ngaro a Lt. Ricketts i te nuinga o enei mahi i a ia e mahi ana i te mahi whakauru. I hoki ia ki te ope taua o te Potomac i te Mahuru 23, 1862.