<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-1861, eneminyaka engu-19, uRoberts wabhalisa njenge-private e-Company C ye-19th Regiment North Carolina Infantry, kamuva eyayizobizwa ngokuthi yi-2nd Regiment NC Cavalry. Esebenze ngokuhlukile ngesikhathi sokusebenza kwe-regimental eNyakatho Carolina, kodwa ngaphandle kokuqeqeshwa okusemthethweni kwezempi, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-lieutenant wesibili ngo-Agasti 30, 1861. NgoSepthemba 13, 1862, uRoberts wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba uLieutenant Wokuqala. I-regiment kaRoberts yadluliselwa eVirginia ekwindla konyaka ofanayo futhi yathatha ingxenye ezimpini eziningana, phakathi kwazo: Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Suffolk, and Battle of Brandy Station. NgoNovemba 13, 1863, uRoberts wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngukaputeni wabe eseba ngumphathi ngaphambi kwentwasahlobo ka-1864, lapho alwa khona eqenjini laseNorth Carolina leWilliam Henry Fitzhugh Lee. Wakhushulwa waba ngu-colonel ngoJuni 1864 futhi ngesikhathi kuvinjezelwa iPetersburg, wanikezwa umyalo we-2nd Regiment NC Cavalry. URoberts wahola ukuhlaselwa kwamabutho ase-Union, wehla, wafika emgodini wezibhamu futhi wathatha amasosha amaningi ase-Union  <response>: Impi Yesibili yesiteshi saseReam ngo-August 25, 1864. NgoFebhuwari 23, 1865, uRoberts wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-brigadier jikelele. Ngokwesiko, uJenene Robert E. Lee wanikeza uRoberts amagilavu kaLee uqobo njengokubonga ngomsebenzi ohloniphekile kaRoberts. URoberts waqhubeka nokuhola ibutho lakhe eMpini yaseFive Forks, futhi ekugcineni wazinikela eMpini yase-Appomattox Court House, ngo-Ephreli 9, 1865. 