<prompt> Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1861, pazera remakore 19, Roberts akanyoresa semunhu oga muKambani C ye19th Regiment North Carolina Infantry, iyo yaizonzi gare gare 2nd Regiment NC Cavalry. Akashanda achiremekedzwa panguva ye regimental operations muNorth Carolina, asi asina kudzidziswa zvechiuto, akasimudzirwa kuva wechipiri lieutenant musi waAugust 30, 1861. Musi waSeptember 13, 1862, Roberts akasimudzirwa kuva First Lieutenant. Roberts regiment yakaendeswa kuVirginia mukudonha kwegore rimwe chete uye yakatora chikamu muhondo dzinoverengeka, pakati pavo: Hondo yeFredericksburg, Hondo yeSuffolk, uye Hondo yeBrandy Station. Musi waNovember 13, 1863, Roberts akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni uye ipapo mukuru pamberi pechando cha1864, paakarwa muNorth Carolina brigade yaWilliam Henry Fitzhugh Lees division. Akakwidziridzwa kuva colonel muna June 1864 uye panguva yeKukombwa kwePetersburg, akapiwa mutungamiri we2nd Regiment NC Cavalry. Roberts akatungamira kurwisa maUnion breastworks, akaburuka, akahwina mabara epfuti uye akabata varwi vakati wandei veMubatanidzwa muhondo yechipiri yeReams Station  <response>: musi waAugust 25, 1864. Musi waFebruary 23, 1865, Roberts akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general. Maererano netsika, Mukuru Mukuru Robert E. Lee akapa Roberts magandeti aLee somucherechedzo webasa rakatanhamara raRoberts. Roberts akaenderera mberi nekutungamira bhirigedhi rake paHondo yeMafano mashanu, uye akazopedzisira azvipira paHondo yeAppomattox Court House, musi waApril 9, 1865. 