 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokutiza mumusasa wevasungwa, 51st Virginia Infantry pakupedzisira yakadzokera kuVirginia. Vakagadziridzwazve paWytheville, vakuru vakuru vanoverengeka vakasiya basa, kusanganisira lieutenant colonel James W. Massie. Maererano neConfederate Conscription Act, sarudzo dzevakuru vakuru vatsva dzakaitwa mukutanga kwaMay. Forsberg akasarudzwa panzvimbo pake, uye akagadzwa zviri pamutemo May 26, 1862. Apo muna August 1862, Colonel Gabriel C. Wharton akava mukuru weboka, Lieutenant Colonel Forsberg akaiswa munzvimbo yake semutungamiri mukuru, uye aizotungamirira hurumende. Muna July 1863, Colonel Wharton akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general, uye Forsberg akazosimudzirwa kuva colonel, July 8, 1863. Ari muchipatara paLynchburg, Virginia panguva yehondo yeNew Market, Forsberg aisagona kutungamirira chikwata chake panguva iyoyo yehondo inokosha. Munguva yehondo yeLynchburg, Forsberg akatungamira brigade yaWharton, sezvo mukuru uyu akanga aiswa mukutungamira kwechikamu chaBreckinridge. Achitungamirira brigade muhondo yechitatu yeWinchester, Forsberg akapfurwa muruoko rwake rworudyi achiedza kuunganidza varume vake. Haana kudzokera kubasa rinoshingaira kusvikira February 1865, paakazotangazve kutungamirira brigade. Muhondo yeWaynesboro, Forsberg, pamwe chete nevakuru veuto rake, vakava vasungwa vehondo. 