 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana September 11, 1861, Sorrel akagamuchira komisheni yake somutungamiriri uye akagoverwa somubetseri mukuru waGeneral Longstreet. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru musi waJune 24, 1862 uye kuva lieutenant colonel musi waJune 18, 1863. Akashanda pasi paLongstreet kusvikira muna Gumiguru 1864, paakagadzwa kuva brigadier general. Sorrel akabva arayira Sorrels Brigade yeMaj. Gen. William Mahones division paPetersburg uye Hatchers Run, uye akakuvadzwa muhondo dzose dziri mbiri. 