 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo Hondo yevagari vemo yakatanga, Ector akanyoresa somunhu oga mu 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment yeuto reConfederate. Akakurumidza kusarudzwa kuva lieutenant. Akashanda semubatsiri kuna Brigadier General Joseph L. Hogg uye akaona chiito muTexas neArkansas. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru ndokupiwa chiremera che14th Texas Cavalry Regiment. Zvadaro muna August 1862, akasimudzirwazve kuva brigadier general uye akapiwa basa rokutungamirira brigade. Akarwa muhondo yeMurfreesboro muTennessee neChickamaugamuGeorgia. Iye nevarume vake ipapo vakagoverwa basa muMississippi, vachidzoka munguva yeAtlanta Campaign muzhizha ra1864. 