Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Wofford ya riga ya yi zabe a kan rabuwa, amma ya ba da sabis ga jiharsa da kuma rundunar soja. An nada shi a matsayin colonel a Jihar Jihar Georgia, sannan kuma kyaftin a cikin 18th Georgia Infantry a watan Afrilu 1861. A ranar 25 ga Afrilu, an daukaka Wofford zuwa colonel, kuma ya yi aiki a Arewacin Carolina da Virginia kafin a ba shi Brig. Janar John Bell Hood na Texas Brigade. Ya ga aikin a Yorktown, Eltham's Landing, da kuma Bakwai Bakwai
a lokacin yakin Peninsula. Wofford da 18th sun yi yaƙi a Bull Run na biyu da Antietam, inda ya umurci Brigade na Texas.