 Pari gbolohun yii: Ninu Igbimọ Ariwa Virginia, Brigade Barksdale ti wa ni ibudo ni Harpers Ferry, ati nitorinaa ko kopa ninu Ogun Keji ti Bull Run. Ni Ikọja Maryland, a yan brigade rẹ si ẹka ti Maj. General Lafayette McLaws ni Lt. General James Longstreets First Corps ti Ogun ti Northern Virginia. Ó jẹ ọkan lára àwọn ẹṣọ tí ó kọlu Maryland Heights, èyí tí ó yọrí sí ìtẹríba àwọn ọmọ-ogun Union ní : Ọkọ ojú omi tí wọn ń pè ní Harpers Ferry. Ni Ijakadi Antietam ti o tẹle, Ẹka McLaws ṣe idaabobo West Woods lodi si ikọlu nipasẹ Maj. Gbogbogbo John Sedgwicks ẹka, fifipamọ ẹgbẹ apa osi Confederate. Ni Ogun Fredericksburg, Barksdales Brigade ṣe idaabobo eti okun ti ilu naa lati ọdọ awọn ọmọ ogun Union ti o gbiyanju lati kọja Odò Rappahannock, ti o npa awọn ọmọ-ogun ati awọn ọmọ-ogun ẹrọ lati awọn ile ti o ti yipada sinu awọn idalẹnu nipasẹ awọn ohun ija ogun ti Union. 