Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An ci gaba da zama brigadier janar na masu sa kai a ranar 28 ga Satumba, 1861, kuma an sanya shi ga rundunar sojojin Potomac, inda ya umurci brigade na II Corps a cikin Kamfen na Peninsula. Ya shiga cikin yakin Yorktown, Seven Pines
, Oak Grove, Gaines 'Mill, Garnett's &amp; Golding's Farm, Tashar Savage, Glendale, da kuma Malvern Hill. Faransanci ya sami yabo a cikin rahotannin hukuma don ayyukansa da shugabancinsa, kuma an inganta shi don ya jagoranci wani bangare a lokacin yakin Arewacin Virginia.