Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - James Conner akapinda mukurwiswa kweFort Sumter semutungamiriri weMontgomery Guards, boka revarwi reSouth Carolina. Pakutanga kweHondo yeVanhu, akaramba kugadzwa kuva gweta reruwa reConfederation. Panzvimbo pezvo, akava kaputeni muHampton Legion uye akarwa muhondo yeFirst Bull Run (First Manassas), achitora kutungamira kwenguva pfupi kwehondo mushure mekunge Colonel Wade Hampton akuvara. Musi waJuly 21, 1861, Conner akagadzwa mukuru weHampton's Legion. Pashure peHondo yeSeven Pines
mukati mePeninsula Campaign, akatora kutonga kwe22nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Munguva yeHondo yeMazuva Manomwe, gumbo rake rakatyorwa nebhora rechibhamu panguva yeHondo yeGaines Mill. Mushure memwedzi miviri yekupora, akadzoka kuzotungamira chikwata chake muHondo yeChancellorsville uye Hondo yeGettysburg.