Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Xilliga jiilaalka ee 1861<unk>62, Hampton's Legion waxaa loo qoondeeyay Gustavus W. Smith. Qeybtii Smith waxay la socotay inta kale ee Joseph E. Johnston ee Ciidanka Waqooyiga Virginia ee hoos u dhaca Virginia Peninsula si ay gacan uga geystaan Duulaankii Yorktown (1862) ka hor inta uusan Johnston dib ugu laaban Richmond. Bishii Maajo 23, 1862, Hampton waxaa loo dalacsiiyay sarkaal guuto. Marka la eego
Dagaalkii toddobada geedo ee May 31, 1862, wuxuu si xun ugu dhaawacmay lugta, laakiin inta uu weli ku hoos jiray rasaasta, wuxuu ku sii jiray faraskiisa inta lugta la daaweynayo. Hampton wuxuu ku soo laabtay shaqada waqtigii loogu talagalay inuu buuxiyo hogaamiyaha guutada gaadiidka ee Stonewall Jackson dhamaadka Dagaalkii Toddoba Maalmood, in kasta oo guutada aysan si weyn u hawlgelin.