 Rakarongwa naWade Hampton mukuvamba kwa1861, Rwizi rwaHampton pakutanga rwakazvirumbidza nenhamba huru yevagari veSouth Carolina vaitungamirira, kusanganisira mauto emunguva yemberi J. Johnston Pettigrew, Stephen Dill Lee, Martin W. Gary, uye Matthew C. Butler. Pakutanga, Legion yaiva nemapoka matanhatu evashandi vaifamba netsoka, mapoka maviri evashandi vaifamba nebhiza, uye rimwe remapoka evapfuri vaifamba netsoka. Mauto ehondo akarwa muHondo Yokutanga yeManassas, uko Colonel Hampton akatambura maronda okutanga anoverengeka mukati mehondo. Muna November 1861, zvombo zvacho zvakagadzirirwa neBlakely Rifles ina, dzakatengwa kubva kuEngland uye dzakapinda kuburikidza neUnion blockade muSavannah, Georgia. Pakupera kwegore racho, nhengo imwe neimwe yeLegion yakanga yawedzerwa nemapoka matsva kuti isimbise simba rinoshanda rokurwa. 