Wax ka sii qor faqradan - Intii Latimer uu ku jiray sanadkii labaad ee waxbarashadiisa, Dagaalkii Sokeeye ayaa qarxay, Latimer wuxuu ka tagay VMI si uu ugu adeego Koonfurta Confederacy. Wuxuu markii ugu horreysay u adeegay sidii cadet drillmaster ee Richmond Hampden Artillery inta lagu gudajiray guga iyo xagaaga 1861. Xilliga dayrta, waxaa loo magacaabay taliye sare wuxuuna la shaqeeyay qeybta Major General Richard S. Ewell ee Ololaha Dooxada Shenandoah ee 1862. Ka dib markii uu ku guuleystay dufcaddii uu ku dagaalamay dagaalkii koowaad ee Winchester
Cedar Mountain, Latimer waxaa loo dalacsiiyay in uu hogaamiyo guutadaas oo horey u aheyd A. R. Courtney. Kadib markii uu hogaaminayay guutada Fredericksburg bishii Diseembar 1862, Latimer waxaa loo dalacsiiyay major bishii Maarso 1863. Ewell wuxuu ugu yeeray "Napoleon da'da yar", laakiin dadka la noolaa waxay ku tilmaameen da'diisa yar iyo dhererkiisa yar iyagoo ugu yeeray "Boy Major". Wuxuu sarkaal ka noqday guutada Major Richard Snowden Andrews ee qeybta Major General Edward "Allegheny" Johnson.