<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuthweswa iziqu eWashington College, waba uthisha eLouisiana kwaze kwaba yilapho kugqashuka iMpi Yombango YaseMelika. U-Evans wabuyela eVirginia, yize idolobha lakubo lase liyingxenye yezwe elisanda kwakhiwa laseWest Virginia elalivunyelwe e-Union, wabhalisa e-1st Virginia Infantry of the Confederate Army. Walwa phakathi nempi, waba uKaputeni ngemva kweMpi yaseSeven Pines ngo-1862, nangemva komkhankaso waseSigodini saseVirginia  <response>: , waba uColonel we - 20th Virginia Cavalry. Ngasekupheleni kwempi, wabanjwa futhi wachitha isikhathi eside ejele likahulumeni. Ngaphezu kokusebenza kwakhe kwezempi, wakhethwa kabili ukuba abe yilungu lesishayamthetho saseVirginia ngesikhathi seMpi. 