 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika 1861, Scofield akanga achigara nehama dzokunyama muLebanon, Tennessee. Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika yeAmerica, Scofield ane makore 17 okukura akanyoresa sechikuru mu7th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A., uye chikwata chake chakarwa paCheat Mountain, Seven Pines, uye Antietam. Muna 1862, pashure pokupedza mwedzi muChimborazo Hospital muRichmond, Virginia, Scofield akabudirira kukumbira kuti abudiswe. Scofield ipapo akadzokera kuRebhanoni uye akanyoreswazve mubasa reConfederate. Akarayirwa kuenda kuMcMinnville, Tennessee, Scofield akasiya basa ndokutizira shure kwemitsetse yeUnion muBowling Green, Kentucky. Pashure pokuita mhiko yokuvimbika kuUnited States, Scofield akabvumirwa kufamba akachengeteka kuenda kuSt. Louis, Missouri, kwaakagara. 