Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin kaka na 1861 da kuma a cikin bazara na 1862 Edmonds rundunar da aka a haɗe zuwa ga tawagar na Jubal Early, kuma a watan Mayu 1862 ya shiga cikin Battle of Williamsburg. A ranar 31 ga Mayu, Edmonds ya ji rauni a yakin Bakwai Bakwai
, kuma a ranar 1 ga Yuli a yakin Malvern Hill. A watan Satumbar 1862 rundunar ta shiga cikin yakin Antietam kuma a watan Disamba a yakin Fredericksburg. A cikin bazara na 1862, rundunar ta shiga cikin tafiya zuwa Suffolk, ta rasa yakin Chancellorsville.