<prompt> Tlatša polelwana e latelago: Ka 1861, ge a be a e-na le nywaga e 19, Roberts o ile a ingwadiša e le lešole la sesole ka go Khamphani ya C ya 19th Regiment North Carolina Infantry, yeo ka morago e ilego ya bitšwa 2nd Regiment NC Cavalry. Ka ge a hlanketše ka go kgethega nakong ya ditshepedišo tša sehlopha kua North Carolina, eupša a se na tlwaetšo ya semmušo ya tša bohlabani, o ile a hlatlošwa go ba lefotenente wa bobedi ka August 30, 1861. Ka September 13, 1862, Roberts o ile a hlatlošwa go ba Motlatšamopresidente. Sehlopha sa Roberts se ile sa išwa Virginia ka lehlabula la ngwaga wona woo gomme sa tšea karolo dintweng tše mmalwa, gare ga tšona: Ntwa ya Fredericksburg, Ntwa ya Suffolk, le Ntwa ya Brandy Station. Ka November 13, 1863, Roberts o ile a hlatlošwa go ba mokapotene gomme ka morago ya ba mokgomana pele ga seruthwane sa 1864, ge a be a elwa ka brigading ya North Carolina ya William Henry Fitzhugh Lees division. O ile a hlatlošwa go ba mokolonele ka June 1864 gomme nakong ya Tlhaselo ya Petersburg, o ile a fiwa taolo ya 2nd Regiment NC Cavalry. Roberts o ile a etelela pele tlhaselo kgahlanong le mašole a Union, a fologa, a hlasela melete ya dithunya gomme a thopa mašole a mmalwa a Union kua  <response>: Ntwa ya Bobedi ya Reams Station ka August 25, 1864. Ka February 23, 1865, Roberts o ile a hlatlošwa go ba brigadier general. Go ya ka setšo, Molaodi Robert E. Lee o ile a nea Roberts dipetšhe tša Lee e le go leboga tirelo ya gagwe e botse. Roberts o ile a tšwela pele go laola brigade ya gagwe ka Ntwa ya Five Forks, gomme mafelelong a ineela ka Ntwa ya Appomattox Court House, ka April 9, 1865. 