Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana tohu i te Whare Wānanga o Washington, ka noho ia hei kaiako i Louisiana tae noa ki te pakarutanga o te Pakanga 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. whawhai ia i roto i te whawhai, i hanga Kapene i muri i te Pakanga o Pines e whitu i roto i 1862, a i muri i te pakanga i roto i te
I te raorao o Virginia, ka riro ia hei Koronela o te 20 o nga hoia eke hoiho 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.