Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wofford akanga ambovhotera kupesana nekuparadzana, asi akapa mabasa ake kuhurumende yake neConfederate Army. Akagadzwa colonel muGeorgia State Militia, ipapo kaputeni mu18th Georgia Infantry muna Kubvumbi 1861. Musi waApril 25 Wofford akasimudzirwa kuva colonel, uye akashanda kuNorth Carolina neVirginia asati apiwa Brig. Gen. John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade. Akaona chiito paYorktown, Eltham's Landing, uye Seven Pines
panguva yePeninsula Campaign. Wofford ne18th vakarwawo paSecond Bull Run neAntietam, kwaakatungamira Texas Brigade.