Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilu na 1863, ya jagoranci brigade a karkashin Stonewall Jackson. Saboda ya san Colston daga lokacin da duka biyu sun kasance farfesa a VMI, Jackson ya ba da shawarar Colston ya jagoranci wani bangare. A yakin Chancellorsville a ranar 2 ga watan Mayu, Colston ya jagoranci daya daga cikin rundunonin da ke cikin hare-haren Jackson a kan sojojin Union na dama. An sanya sashinsa a cikin layi na biyu a ranar 3 ga Mayu. A cikin kwanaki biyu na gwagwarmaya, rabonsa ya rasa kashi 31 cikin dari. Duk da haka, a ranar 3 ga Mayu, "Raleigh Colston, wanda ya fi ƙwarewa a cikin janar-janar na Lee, ya tabbatar da jinkirin jinkirin jagorancin mutanensa a cikin aikin". Lee ya sauke Colston daga umurnin rundunar a ranar 20 ga Mayu. A watan Nuwambar 1863, dan uwansa Raleigh T. Colston, wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na 1850 wanda ya zama colonel na 2nd Virginia Infantry (kuma wani ɓangare na Brigade na Stonewall), ya zama daya daga cikin 'yan mutuwar yakin Mine Run
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