 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - The 18th Infantry Regiment, yaimbova 8th Volunteers, yakarongwa paCamp Wyatt, pedyo neCarolina Beach, North Carolina, muna July, 1861. Mitezo yaro yakanga ichibva kuWilmington uye matunhu eRobeson, New Hanover, Bladen, Columbus, uye Richmond. Rakaenda kuSouth Carolina, rakadzokera kuNorth Carolina, ipapo muchirimo cha1862 rakaenda kuVirginia. Wechi18 akashanda muGeneral Branchs uye Lanes Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Pashure pokurwa paHanover Court House, yakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakasiyana-siyana kweuto kubva kuHondo dzeMazuva Manomwe kusvika kuCold Harbor. Yakapfuuridzira kurwa mumakomba ePittsburgh kumaodzanyemba kweRwizi rwaJames ndokugumisa hondo paAppomattox. Iri boka rakarongwa nevarume 1.100, rakarasikirwa ne makumi mashanu nemanomwe kubva muzana ye396 yakapinda muhondo mukati meHondo dzeMazuva Manomwe, uye yakashuma kurasikirwa ne14 paCedar Mountain uye 12 paChipiri Manassas. Paiva ne13 vakaurawa uye 77 vakakuvadzwa paFredericksburg uye 30 vakaurawa uye 96 vakakuvadzwa paChancellorsville. Pa 346 vaiva muhondo paGettysburg, vanenge makumi maviri neshanu muzana vakanga vakaremara. Yakapa maofficial gumi nerimwe nevarume makumi manomwe nevatatu paAppomattox Court House musi waApril 9, 1865, kusanganisira Major Thomas J. Wooten nemakaputeni Benjamin F. Rinaldi naJohn J. Poisson. 