<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yombango, ekuqaleni uKirkland wamiswa njengokaputeni ebuthweni le-Confederate wabe esekhethwa njengekholoni le-11th North Carolina Volunteers, kamuva eyabizwa ngokuthi i-21st North Carolina, ngo-June 1861. Wayala i-regiment yakhe e-First Manassas njengengxenye ye-Brig. Gen Milledge Bonhams brigade, kodwa akazange ahlanganyele kakhulu. Ngo-Okthoba, i-21st North Carolina yahlanganiswa ne-Isaac Trimbles brigade futhi entwasahlobo elandelayo, wabamba iqhaza ku-Stonewall Jacksons Shenandoah Valley Campaign. UKirkland wadutshulwa ezinqeni zombili ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi Yokuqala YaseWinchester, eyamenza wangakwazi ukulwa izinyanga eziningana. Ngenkathi elulama, uKirkland wasebenza njengenhloko yezisebenzi zikaPatrick Cleburne ngesikhathi somkhankaso waseMurfreesboro ngoDisemba 1862. 