 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Chivabvu 1862, 46th Virginia Infantry iyo yaisanganisira makambani matatu kubva kuAlbemarle County pamwe nemakambani maviri eRichmond Light Infantry Blues pakati pemakambani ayo mapfumbamwe, yakarongedzwazve mushure mekurasikirwa neHondo yeRoanoke Islandmuna January 1862 pamwe chete nevarume vakawanda nemhaka yokunonoka kunyoresa uye hosha dzinosanganisira chibhokisi nefivha yechithyphoid. Mauto e46th akaramba kusarudzwazve Lt. Col. Richardson uyo akabva aendeswa uye akava mukuru mu39th Virginia Infantry, uye panzvimbo pacho akasarudza Duke uyo akanga atarisira kudzokera kuAlbemarle uye mutemo wake seColonel we46th Virginia. Kunyange zvazvo 19th Virginia yakaramba iri muPicketts Brigade, Duke nevarume vake vatsva vaiva muWises Brigade, pasi peyaimbova Gavhuna weVirginia, iye zvino General Henry A. Wise. Kunyangwe hazvo Boka ravo rakatora chikamu muHondo yeMazuva Manomwe iyo yakaponesa Richmond muzhizha ra1862, yakanyanya kubata nekunyepedzera kwenhema nezvekufamba kwemauto eUnion paRwizi rweJames uye kwemwedzi gumi nematanhatu inotevera, yakaramba yakamira paPeninsula sesimba rekupokana nekuvapo kweUnited kuNorfolk neFort Monroe. Col. Walker aizoramba ari pachinzvimbo ichocho kusvikira azorega basa muna March, 1864, pashure pokukakavadzana nomukuru wake, General Wise. 