 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Lane akabatana neConfederate Army uye akapiwa basa rokuva mukuru mu1st North Carolina Volunteers musi waMay 11, 1861. Akatora rutivi muHondo yeBig Bethel uye akaitwa lieutenant colonel. Kuwedzera kukwidziridzwa kwakauya nokukurumidza uye akanga ari colonel uye mutungamiri we28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment musi waSeptember 15. Mukurwa Kwemazuva Manomwe kwa1862 akakuvadzwa kaviri achitungamirira chikwata chake. Akashanda muchikamu chaMajor General A.P. Hill chaThomas J. Stonewall Jacksons Second Corps yeChipiri Bull Runuye akatora hutungamiriri hwechikwata zvichitevera kufa kwaBrigadier General Lawrence O. Branch muHondo yeAntietam. Akakwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general musi waNovember 1, 1862. Vakanga vari varwi vaiva naMajor John D. Barry veboka raLane avo vakangoerekana vapfura General Jackson paakanga achidzoka kubva parwendo rwekutsvaga usiku pamberi pemitsara yeConfederate panguva yeHondo yeChancellorsville. Kurayira kwaLane kwakava 2nd Brigade muW. Dorsey Penders division yeHills Third Corps yeNorthern Virginia Army inotevera May, zvakananga pamberi pekutanga kweGettysburg Campaign. 