<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achinyoresa muConfederate Army muna April 1861, Kennedy akava kaputeni weCompany E, 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment, pasi peCamden mugari weColonel Joseph Brevard Kershaw. Muhondo Yokutanga yeManassas, akarohwa nebhora reMinie uye akakuvara zvakaipisisa. Achipora, akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru apo Kershaw akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general. Chiito chokutanga chaKennedy achitungamirira chikwata chakaitika pakurwisana paNine-Mile Road pedyo neRichmond, Virginia, muna June 1862 munguva yePeninsula Campaign. Pashure pokurwa pa  <response>: Muhondo yeSavages Station, akaremara kwemavhiki anoverengeka nefivha. Akadzokera kuchikwata chake munguva yeMushandirapamwe weMaryland. Munguva yekupinda kwaStonewall Jackson muHarpers Ferry, Kennedy aive neboka raKershaw mukutora nzvimbo dzakakosha dzeMaryland. Akatungamirira regiment yake mukurwisa kwaKershaw panguva yeHondo yeAntietam, achityaira chikamu cheUnion II Corps pamberi pake. Zvisinei, akakuvadzwa zvinorwadza pakurwisa kwokutanga, akarohwa muchitsitsinho uye achilles tendon paaiyambuka fenzi yematanda pedyo neHagerstown Pike. Achiporazve munguva yehondo huru, Kennedy akatungamirira 2nd uye 8th South Carolina kutsigirwa naGeneral Howell Cobb paMaryes Heights, iyo inonyanya kurwisana neFredericksburg. 