 Kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokutanga kweHondo yeVanhu, Anderson akasiya basa rake muU.S. Army musi waApril 25, 1861 ndokudzokera kumusha. Gavhuna weNorth Carolina, John Willis Ellis, akamugadza sa colonel we4th North Carolina Infantry musi waJuly 16. Anderson akarayira Confederate garrison paManassas, Virginia kubva muna Gumiguru 14, 1861 kusvika Kurume 25, 1862. Anderson akatungamirira boka rake zvakanaka muhondo yeWilliamsburgmuna Chivabvu 1862 uye akapiwa mubayiro mwedzi wakatevera nekusimudzirwa kuva brigadier general musi wa9 Chikumi. Akapiwa basa rokutungamirira rimwe bhirigadi muchikamu chaMajor General D. H. Hill. MuHondo yeMazuva Manomwe, Anderson akatungamirira brigade rake paGaines Mill. Munguva yeHondo yeMalvern Hill musi waChikunguru 1, Anderson akatungamira vese brigade yake uye Brig. Gen Winfield Featherstons brigade yechikamu chaJames Longstreet, sezvo Featherston akakuvara zuva rakapfuura kuGlendale uye maofficial echikwata chake, mushure mekuparadzwa muhondo, yaive nevakuru vasina ruzivo uye vakuru vakuru. Anderson pachake akakuvadzwa paMalvern Hill uye kutungamirirwa kweboka rake kwakawira kuna Colonel Charles Tew we 2 North Carolina. Achiri kupora, aive chikamu chekudzivirira kwakakomberedza Richmond, Virginia muna Chikunguru 1862, achishumira mu4th Brigade yeMajor General GW Smiths Division. 