Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I muri i tana tohu mai i te Whare Wananga o Washington, ka noho ia hei kaiako i Louisiana tae noa ki te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tangata o Amerika. I hoki a Evans ki Virginia, ahakoa kua uru tana taone nui ki te kawanatanga hou o West Virginia (i whakaaetia ki te Uniana), i uru ia ki te 1st Virginia Infantry o te Army Confederate. I whawhai ia puta noa i te pakanga, i meinga hei Kapene i muri i te Pakanga o Seven Pines i te tau 1862, i muri i te pakanga i te Raorao o Virginia
, ka riro ia hei Koronela o te 20 o nga Kaitautoko o Virginia. I te mutunga o te pakanga, i hopukina ia, a, he roa tana noho ki te whare herehere Federal. Hei taapiri ki tana mahi hoia, e rua nga wa i pootihia ai ia ki te Whare Ture o Virginia i te Pakanga.