<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMacRae wabhalisa njengesosha ebuthweni lempi elincane laseMonroe, futhi wakhethwa njengokaputeni lapho liba iQembu B, ibutho lempi le-15 laseNorth Carolina. Ngo-Ephreli 1862, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-lieutenant colonel. Ngesikhathi sePeninsula Campaign naseSecond Manassas ibutho lakhe laliyingxenye yeqembu likaHowell Cobb. Empini yase-Antietam, uMacRae wayala ibutho elalinciphiswe laba ngamadoda angama-250 ngesikhathi sempi emasontweni ambalwa adlule. I-brigade kaMacRae yavimbela ukuhlaselwa kwe-Union kathathu kodwa yahlehla lapho esenabasebenzi abangama-50 kuphela abasele futhi nesibonelelo sakhe sezinhlamvu sesiphelile. EFredericksburg walwa nebutho lakhe eMaryes Heights. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwempi i-15th North Carolina yadluliselwa ku-Brigadier General John Rogers Cookes North Carolina brigade. UCooke wayelinyazwe kabi eFredericksburg futhi wayengeke abuyele ebuthweni kuze kube ngo-Ephreli 1863. NgoFebhuwari 1863, uMacRae wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba u-colonel. Leli gatsha lasebenza eNyakatho Carolina naseningizimu-mpumalanga yeVirginia kwaze kwaba ngemva kweMpi yaseGettysburg. ngoFebhuwari, 1863, waba ngu-colonel, kwathi ngo-1864 wathola isikhundla sokuba ngu-brigadier-general. Ngemuva kokujoyina i-Army of Northern Virginia, uMacRae wahlonishwa ngokuba nesibindi eMpini yaseBristoe Station. Ngemuva kokuthi uBrigadier General uWilliam Whedbee Kirkland elimele eMpini yaseCold Harbor, uMacRae wakhushulwa okwesikhashana waba yisikhundla se-brigadier general futhi wanikezwa umyalo webrigade likaKirkland lokhu futhi kwakuyi-brigade yangaphambili kaBrigadier General J. Johnston Pettigrew. E-Reams Station  <response>: Amabhikidi kaMacRae, Lane, noCooke aqhuba iDivision 2 kaJohn Gibbon kaWinfield Scott Hancocks II Corps kusuka ekuvikeleni kwayo ngaphambili futhi athatha ibhethri lezikhali. Ngemuva kokusebenza kahle eMpini yaseBoydton Plank Road uMacRae wahlala ebuthweni nge-Appomattox Campaign. 