Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 1 ga Maris, 1862, Timrod ya shiga soja a matsayin soja a Kamfanin B, 20th South Carolina Regiment, kuma an ba shi takaddama don aiki na musamman a matsayin ma'aikaci a hedkwatar rundunar, amma tarin fuka ya hana yawancin sabis, kuma an tura shi gida. Bayan yaƙin Shiloh na jini
, ya sake gwada rayuwa a sansanin a matsayin wakilin yaki na yammacin Charleston "Mercury", amma wannan ma ya kasance mai gajeren lokaci saboda ba shi da karfi ga aikin da ya dace.