Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin basasa, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai zaman kansa a cikin 10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment kuma na ɗan lokaci yana tare da brigade na Col. Walerian Sułakowski a Virginia. Ya yi yaƙi da Union a yakin Malvern Hill a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1862 kuma aka kama shi kuma aka tsare shi a Fort Delaware. Bayan an sake shi, ya yi yaƙi a yakin Cedar Mountain, Yaƙin Bull Run na biyu, Yaƙin Chantilly
, Yaƙin Harpers Ferry, da Yaƙin Antietam. Ya tashi zuwa matsayin kyaftin din kuma an kama shi a karo na uku a yakin Spotsylvania Court House a ranar 12 ga Mayu, 1864. An ji masa rauni sau biyu a lokacin da yake aiki a cikin rundunar soja, sau ɗaya a cikin makogwaro da kuma wani a hannun. A wani lokaci a lokacin yakin, brigade dinsa ya yi yaƙi da brigade na Union wanda wani ɗan gudun hijirar Poland, Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski ya jagoranci.