Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Jenụwarị 1861, ọ gbara arụkwaghịm dị ka onyeisi ndị agha na 10th United States Infantry iji nakwere Lieutenant Colonelcy nke Augusta Volunteer Battalion. N'oge na-adịghị anya ọ gbara arụkwaghịm n'ọkwa ahụ wee bụrụ onye isi nke 1st Georgia Infantry. Ka ọ na-erule ọnwa June, ọ bụ Lieutenant Colonel nke 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment na ọnwa anọ ka e mesịrị ya bụ Colonel, na-anọchi Lafayette McLaws. O jere ozi n'ụzọ dị iche n'oge mkpọsa nke Peninsula nke 1862, gụnyere Agha nke Yorktown,
Agha nke Savage's Station, na Agha nke Malvern Hill, ebe ọ merụrụ ahụ. Ọrụ ya mere ka ọ bụrụ onye isi nwa oge nke otu ndị agha Alabama tupu mkpọsa Maryland n'ihi ọrịa nke Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox.