Kammala jumla mai zuwa: James Cantey ya taimaka wajen kafa kuma an zabe shi a matsayin colonel na 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment a 1861, wanda ya shirya "Cantey's Rifles". A shekara ta 1862, ya jagoranci rundunar a Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. A cikin
Yaƙin Winchester na farko, a ranar 25 ga Mayu, 1862, rundunar Cantey ta yi yaƙi a cikin brigadier Janar Isaac Trimble na brigade na Major Janar Richard S. Ewell kuma ya taimaka ya juya baya ga sojojin Union. A yakin Cross Keys, 15th Alabama Infantry ya kusan yanke daga babban karfi amma ya yi yaƙi da hanyarsu. Daga bisani, a matsayin wani ɓangare na harin Trimble, 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry ya taimaka wa sojojin Union da kuma tura su baya.