 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Nigbati o jẹ ọdun mẹrindilogun Lee tẹle McGowan o si ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun Confederate lakoko Ogun Ilu, botilẹjẹpe ko si igbasilẹ osise ti iṣẹ rẹ; sibẹsibẹ, o ya fọto ni ibọn ati ni aṣọ ti regiment McGowan, 14th South Carolina Infantry. Lee sọ pé òun fara gbọgbẹ lẹẹmejì nígbà ogun náà: ẹẹkan ní : Manassas Keji, nibi ti McGowan ti tun farapa, ati lẹhinna lẹẹkansi ni Ogun ti Hanover. 