<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuba izwe laseMississippi lihlukane ngaphambi nje kokuqala kweMpi Yombango, uBarksdale wasula e-Congress ukuze abe yi-adjutant general, wabe eseba yi-quartermaster general, we-Mississippi Militia, esezingeni lika-brigadier general, ngo-March 1, 1861. NgoMeyi 1, waqokwa njengekholonili e-Confederate States Army of the 13th Mississippi Infantry, i-regiment ayeyihola eMpini Yokuqala yaseBull Run ehlobo, kanye neMpi yaseBalls Bluff ngo-Okthoba. Ngentwasahlobo elandelayo, wathatha i-regiment yakhe waya eNhlonhlweni yaseVirginia futhi walwa eMkhankasweni weNhlonhlo naseZimpini Zezinsuku Eziyisikhombisa. Lapho umkhuzi wakhe webrigade, uBrig. Gen.  <response>: I-Battle of Savages Station ngoJuni 29, 1862, uBarksdale wathatha umyalo we-brigade futhi wayihola emzabalazweni wamaqhawe, kodwa owawunegazi futhi ongasizi ngalutho, eMpini yaseMalvern Hill. Leli qembu laziwa ngokuthi iQembu likaBarksdale laseMississippi. Wakhushulwa waba yi-brigadier general ngo-August 12, 1862. 