Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bazi rakapinda muConfederate Army, muna May 1861, somunhu oga muRaleigh Rifles. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo akagamuchira hofisi yenyika quartermaster general, asi akaibvisa nokuda kwebasa mumunda. Muna September akasarudzwa kuti ave colonel we33 North Carolina. Akagadzwa kuva brigadier general muna January 1862. Pashure peHondo yeNew Bern, brigade yake yakabatanidzwa neA.P. Hill's Division yeStonewall Jackson's Corps. Akanga ari mukuru mukuru mukuru muchikamu chaHill. Boka raBranch rakarwa muHondo yeHanover Courthouse, Hondo dzeMazuva Manomwe, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas,
Chantilly, uye Harper's Ferry