Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Washington, ya zama malami a Louisiana har sai yakin basasar Amurka ya barke. Evans ya koma Virginia, kodayake garinsa ya zama wani ɓangare na sabuwar jihar West Virginia (wanda aka shigar da shi cikin Union), ya shiga cikin Rundunar Sojojin Virginia na 1 na Sojojin Tarayya. Ya yi yaƙi a lokacin yakin, ya zama Kyaftin bayan yakin Bakwai Pines a 1862, kuma bayan yakin da ke cikin kwarin Virginia
, ya zama Colonel na 20th Virginia Cavalry. Kusan ƙarshen yaƙin, an kama shi kuma ya shafe tsawon lokaci a kurkuku na Tarayya. Baya ga aikinsa na soja, an zabe shi sau biyu zuwa majalisar dokokin Virginia a lokacin yakin.