Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Hanuere 1861, i whakarerea e ia te rangatira o te 10th United States Infantry ki te whakaae ki te Lieutenant Colonelcy o te Augusta Volunteer Battalion. Kaore i roa ka whakarere ia i taua tuunga hei rangatira mo te 1st Georgia Infantry. I te marama o Hune, ko ia te Koronela Lieutenant o te 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment me nga marama e wha i muri mai ko tana koroneela, i whai ake i a Lafayette McLaws. I mahi ia i roto i te pakanga o te Peninsula o 1862, tae atu ki te Pakanga o Yorktown, te
Ko te Pakanga o Savage's Station, me te Pakanga o Malvern Hill, i whara ai ia. Na tana mahi i whiwhi ai ia i te whakahau mo te wa poto mo te brigade Alabama i mua o te pakanga a Maryland na te mate o te Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox.