 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Virginia payakabuda muUnited States, Jackson, mutsigiri weuranda, akasiya basa rake somutongi ndokupinda muConfederate States Army somurwi. Akurudzirwa kuna Mukuru Mukuru Robert E. Lee, akakurumidza kuva mukuru mukuru, ipapo Lieutenant Colonel we31st Virginia Infantry Regiment. Akapihwa kutungamira kwaGeneral Robert S. Garnett, akapinda muWestern Virginia Campaign uye hondo dzeRich Mountainuye Cheat Mountain. Muna July 1861 akasimudzirwa kuva Colonel. Mukutanga kwa1862 akava Muzvipiri Aide-de-camp kumuzukuru wake, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson; uye akapinda mumishandirapamwe yake mukati megore. 