 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March, varume vaLongstreet zvikurukuru vakaita nzendo dzokutsvaka zvokudya muVirginia neNorth Carolina. Longstreet akatumira Richard B. Garnetts brigade kuna DH Hill kuti atore chikamu mukuedza kwaHill kutora New Bern, guta riri pamhenderekedzo yeNorth Carolina rakanga rawa kuUnion munaKurume 1862. Mushandirapamwe wacho wakanga usina kubudirira asi wakaunganidza zvinhu zvakawanda. Muna April, Longstreet akakomba mauto eUnionmuguta reSuffolk, Virginia. Kurwa kwacho kwakanga kusiri kukuru uye hapana chakabuda pakukombwa kwacho. Pakupera kwaApril, Longstreet akarayirwa naSecretary of War James Seddon kuti apinde muuto raLee sezvo rakatarisana nekurwiswa neArmy of the Potomac, ikozvino yakarairwa naHooker, paHondo yeChancellorsville. Akatamisa mapoka ake kuchamhembe asi haana kukwanisa kusvika kunzvimbo yehondo nenguva. Basa raLongstreet rokutsvaka zvokudya rakapa zvokudya zvakakwana zvokupedza uto rose raLee kwemwedzi miviri. Zvisinei, hapana chimwe chinangwa chemauto chakasvikwa, uye basa racho rakaita kuti Longstreet nevarume 15 000 veFirst Corps vasiye Chancellorsville. Pakupedzisira, Longstreet akauya pasi pokushoropodzwa kubva kune vanokwikwidza uye vavengi vezvematongerwe enyika vachiti angadai akadzosa varume vake kubva kuSuffolk munguva yekujoinha Lee. 