Complete the following sentence: During Latimer's second year of studies, the Civil War broke out and Latimer left VMI to serve the Southern Confederacy. He first served as cadet drillmaster for the Richmond Hampden Artillery during the spring and summer of 1861. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ After distinguishing himself with his battery at such battles as
️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ After commanding the battalion at Fredericksburg in December 1862, Latimer was promoted to major in March 1863. Ewell referred him as the "Young Napoleon", but his contemporaries noted his youth and small, slight stature by calling the "Boy Major".<unk> Ewell referred him as the "Young Napoleon", but his contemporaries noted his youth and small, slight stature by calling the "Boy Major".<unk> He became an officer in Major Richard Snowden Andrews's Battalion of Major General Edward "Allegheny" Johnson's Division.