Pari gbolohun yii: O ni igbega si brigadier general of volunteers bi ti Oṣu Kẹsan Ọjọ 28, Ọdun 1861, ati pe o 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,
Ìlú méje, Oak Grove, Gaines' Mill, Garnett's &amp; Golding's Farm, Ibùdó Savage, 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.