Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - O ti ni igbega si brigadier gbogbogbo ti awọn olutọju lati Oṣu Kẹsan Ọjọ 28, Ọdun 1861, ati pe o ti fi si ọmọ-ogun ti Potomac, nibiti o ti paṣẹ fun ọmọ-ogun kan ti II Corps ni Ipolowo Peninsula. Ó kópa nínú ogun Yorktown, Seven Pines
, Oak Grove, Gaines' Mill, Garnett's &amp; Golding's Farm, Savage's Station, Glendale, àti Malvern Hill. French gba iyìn ni awọn iroyin osise fun awọn iṣe ati olori rẹ, ati pe o ni igbega lati paṣẹ fun apakan kan lakoko Igbimọ Northern Virginia.