<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UMacRae wabhalisa njengesosha ebuthweni lempi elincane laseMonroe, futhi wakhethwa ukuba abe ngukaputeni lapho liba yiCompany B, Fifteenth North Carolina infantry regiment. 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. Ngesikhathi  <response>: Isiteshi sikaReam Amabhikidi kaMacRae, Lane, noCooke aqhuba iDivision kaJohn Gibbon kaWinfield Scott Hancocks II Corps kusuka ezindaweni zayo eziphambili futhi athatha ibhethri lezikhali. Ngemuva kokusebenza kahle eMpini yaseBoydton Plank Road uMacRae wahlala ebuthweni nge-Appomattox Campaign. 