Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hondo yeVanhu payakatanga, Battle akagamuchira basa semukuru we3rd Alabama Infantry musi waApril 28, 1861, uye akatumirwa nehurumende kuNorfolk, Virginia. Musi waJuly 31, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel we regiment. Akarwa paHondo yeSeven Pines
uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru musi waMay 31, 1862. Akarasikirwa nehondo yeSeven Days, asi akadzokera kuhondo munguva yeMaryland Campaign, munaGunyana 1862, achirwa muhondo dzeSouth Mountain neAntietam. Akakuvadzwa mushure mokudonha kubva pabhiza rake nguva pfupi pamberi peChancellorsville Campaign uye akamanikidzwa kurega kutungamira. Kunyange zvazvo akazotangazve kutungamirira zuva rimwe chete gare gare, kukuvara kwake kwakawedzera apo bhiza rake rakasvetuka mugomba, richimumanikidza kuti atangezve kutungamirira.