Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin hunturu na 1861 <unk> 62, an sanya Hampton's Legion zuwa umurnin Gustavus W. Smith. Rukunin Smith ya bi sauran sojojin Joseph E. Johnston na Arewacin Virginia a cikin Virginia Peninsula don taimakawa a Siege na Yorktown (1862) kafin Johnston ya janye zuwa Richmond. Ranar 23 ga watan Mayu, 1862, an ba Hampton girma ga brigadier janar. A cikin
Yaƙin Bakwai Bakwai a ranar 31 ga Mayu, 1862, ya ji rauni sosai a ƙafa, amma yayin da yake har yanzu a karkashin wuta, ya kasance a kan dokinsa yayin da aka bi da ƙafa. Hampton ya koma aiki a lokacin da ya cika a matsayin shugaban brigade na sojojin dakarun Stonewall Jackson a karshen yakin kwana bakwai, ko da yake brigade ba ta da muhimmanci.