Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I āwhina a James Cantey ki te hanga, ā, i kōwhiria ia hei kaikoroni o te 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment i te tau 1861, i reira ia i whakarite ai i te "Cantey's Rifles". I te tau 1862, i arahina e ia te ope i te pakanga o Stonewall Jackson's Valley. I te
Ko te Pakanga Tuatahi o Winchester, i te Mei 25, 1862, i whawhai te ope a Cantey i roto i te parekura a Brigadier General Isaac Trimble o te wehenga a Major General Richard S. Ewell me te awhina ki te whakahoki i te whakamua o te Ope Taua o te Uniana. I te Pakanga o Cross Keys, ko te 15th Alabama Infantry i tapahia mai i te kaha nui engari i whawhai ki a raatau. I muri mai, hei waahanga o te whakaeke a Trimble, ko te 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry i awhina i te kaha o te Uniana me te whakahoki i a raatau.