<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi nonyaka wesibili kaLatimer wokufunda, kwaqubuka iMpi Yombango futhi uLatimer washiya i-VMI ukuze akhonze i-Southern Confederacy. Waqala ukusebenza njengomphathi we-cadet we-Richmond Hampden Artillery ngesikhathi sentwasahlobo nehlobo lika-1861. Ekwindla, wathunywa njengeluthenant wokuqala futhi wabona isenzo noMaj. Gen. Richard S. Ewells division eShenandoah Valley Campaign ka-1862. Ngemva kokuzigqama ngebhethri lakhe ezimpini ezinjengokuthi  <response>: I-Winchester yokuqala neCedar Mountain, uLatimer wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngumlawuli webutho elake laba ngelika-A. R. Courtney. Ngemva kokulawula ibutho eFredericksburg ngoDisemba 1862, uLatimer wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-major ngoMashi 1863. U - Ewell wabhekisela kuye ngokuthi uNapoleon Omusha, kodwa abantu besikhathi sakhe baqaphela ubusha bakhe nokuma kwakhe okuncane, ngokumbita ngokuthi uMdala Omncane. Waba yisikhulu eBattalion kaMaj. Richard Snowden Andrews kaMaj. Gen. Edward Allegheny Johnsons Division. 