Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Wofford ya riga ya zabe a kan rabuwa, amma ya ba da sabis ga jiharsa da rundunar sojojin. 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 aiki a Yorktown, Eltham ta Landing, da kuma
Bakwai Pines a lokacin Yaƙin Yankin Peninsula. Wofford da 18th sun yi yaƙi a Bull Run na biyu da Antietam, inda ya umurci Brigade na Texas.