Dhameystir weedha soo socota: MacRae wuxuu ku biiray ciidanka gaadiidka fudud ee Monroe, waxaana loo doortay kabtan markii ay noqotay shirkad B, guutada shan iyo tobnaad ee gaadiidka North Carolina. Bishii Abriil 1862, waxaa loo dalacsiiyay sarkaal sare. Intii lagu jiray Ololaha Jasiiradda iyo Manassas Labaad guurtidiisu waxay qayb ka ahayd guutada Howell Cobb. Dagaalkii Antietam, MacRae wuxuu amar ku bixiyay guutada oo hoos loo dhigay 250 nin intii lagu jiray dagaalka dhowrkii toddobaad ee la soo dhaafay. Ciidanka MacRae waxay ka hortageen saddex weerar oo ay Union ka qaadeen, laakiin waxay dib u laabteen markii uu ka hadhay 50 oo keliya oo uu ka hadhay iyo sahayda rasaasta oo dhammaatay. Fredericksburg wuxuu gudihiisa kula dagaalamay Marye Heights. Markiiba dagaalka ka dib 15 North Carolina waxaa loo wareejiyay Brigadier General John Rogers Cooke's North Carolina brigade. Cooke waxaa si xun loogu dhaawacay Fredericksburg mana ku laaban doono guutada ilaa Abriil 1863. Bishii Febraayo 1863, MacRae waxaa loo dalacsiiyay kornayl. Guutadaani waxay ka shaqeyneysay Waqooyiga Carolina iyo koonfur-bari Virginia ilaa ka dib ololihii Gettysburg. bishii Febraayo, 1863, kornayl, iyo 1864 waxaa loo magacaabay brigadier-general. Kadib markii uu dib ugu biiray Ciidanka Waqooyiga Virginia, MacRae waxaa lagu sharfay geesinimada Dagaalkii Saldhigga Bristoe. Kadib markii Brigadier General William Whedbee Kirkland uu ku dhaawacmay Dagaalkii Cold Harbor MacRae waxaa si ku meel gaar ah loogu dalacsiiyay darajada brigadier general waxaana loo qoondeeyay amarka guutada Kirkland (tani waxay sidoo kale ahayd guutada hore ee Brigadier General J. Johnston Pettigrew). Marka la eego
Ream's Station MacRae's, Lane's, iyo Cooke's brigades ayaa John Gibbon's 2nd Division of Winfield Scott Hancock's II Corps ka kaxeeyay saldhigyo hortooda ah waxayna qabsadeen batteriga qoryaha. Ka dib markii uu si sharaf leh uga soo shaqeeyay Dagaalkii Boydton Plank Road MacRae wuxuu la sii joogay ciidanka iyada oo loo marayo Ololaha Appomattox.