<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukubhalisela ebuthweni le-Confederate Army ngo-Ephreli 1861, uKennedy waba ngukaputeni we-Company E, 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment, ngaphansi komhlali waseCamden uColonel Joseph Brevard Kershaw. Empini Yokuqala yaseManassas, washaywa yibhola likaMinie futhi walimala kabi. Elulame, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba u-colonel ngesikhathi uKershaw ekhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-brigadier general. Isenzo sokuqala sikaKennedy esiphethe i-regiment senzeka empini emgwaqweni i-Nine-Mile Road eduze kwaseRichmond, eVirginia, ngoJuni 1862 ngesikhathi sePeninsula Campaign. Ngemva kokulwa eMpini Yesiteshi SikaSavage  <response>: , wahlala amasonto amaningana engakwazi ukwenza ngenxa yomkhuhlane. Wabuyela eqenjini lakhe ngesikhathi seMpi YaseMaryland. Ngesikhathi iStonewall Jackson ithumba iHarpers Ferry, uKennedy wayeseqenjini likaKershaw ekubambeni iMaryland Heights ebalulekile. Wahola i-regiment yakhe ekuhlaseleni kukaKershaw ngesikhathi seMpi yase-Antietam, eqhuba ingxenye ye-Union II Corps ngaphambi kwakhe. Kodwa-ke, walimala kabuhlungu ekuhlaselweni kokuqala, washaywa emlenzeni nase-Achilles tendon ngenkathi ewela uthango lokhuni ngaseHagerstown Pike. Uphinde walulama ngesikhathi sokulwa okukhulu, uKennedy wahola i-2nd kanye ne-8th South Carolina ukusekela uGeneral Howell Cobb eMaryes Heights, ukugxila kwezimpi ezishisa kakhulu eFredericksburg. 