Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yechando ya1861<unk>62, Hampton's Legion yakapiwa kutungamirirwa naGustavus W. Smith. Chikamu chaSmith chakaperekedza vamwe vese veArmy of Northern Virginia yaJoseph E. Johnston pasi peVirginia Peninsula kubatsira muSiege yeYorktown (1862) Johnston asati aenda kuRichmond. Musi waMay 23, 1862, Hampton akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general. Muhondo yeSeven Pines
musi waMay 31, 1862, akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa mutsoka, asi achiri pasi pokurwiswa, akaramba ari pabhiza rake apo tsoka yake yairapwa. Hampton akadzokera kubasa munguva yekuzadza semutungamiri weboka revashandi veStonewall Jackson pakuguma kweZviitiko zveMazuva Manomwe, kunyange zvazvo bhiriji rakanga risina kunyanya kubatana.