Sii wadida faqradan-- Branch wuxuu galay ciidanka Confederate, bishii May 1861, isagoo ahaa askari ka tirsan Raleigh Rifles. Dabayaaqadii bishaas wuxuu aqbalay xafiiska maamulaha guud ee gobolka, laakiin wuxuu iska casilay inuu ka shaqeeyo garoonka. Bishii Sebtember waxaa loo doortay kornayl ka tirsan 33aad ee North Carolina. Waxaa loo magacaabay janaraal guuto bishii Janaayo 1862. Dagaalkii New Bern ka dib, gudigiisa waxaa lagu daray A.P. Hill's Division ee Stonewall Jackson's Corps. Wuxuu ahaa gaashaanle sare oo ka tirsan qeybta Hill. Guutada Branch waxay ku dagaalameen Dagaalkii Hanover Courthouse, Dagaalkii Todobada Maalmood, Cedar Mountain, Manassas Labaad, Chantilly
, iyo Harper's Ferry