Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 11th Alabama Infantry da farko ya shiga cikin yakin a yakin Seven Pines
Ka yi haƙuri. A lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na kwanaki bakwai masu zuwa, bayan yaƙi a Yaƙin Gaines Mill, Sanders ya ji rauni sosai a ƙafa ta wani ɓangaren harsashi a Yaƙin Glendale (Frayser's Farm), 30 ga Yuni, 1862, a Henrico County, Virginia. Duk da haka, ya koma umurnin rundunar a ranar 11 ga Agusta, 1862 kamar yadda ya kasance babban jami'in da ke aiki. An sake ji masa rauni a yakin Bull Run na biyu a ranar 30 ga Agusta, 1862. An ba Sanders girma a matsayin colonel bayan yakin Antietam (Sharpsburg, Maryland), Satumba 17, 1862, inda fuskarsa ta ji rauni ta hanyar duwatsu da aka jefa daga fashewar harsashi.