 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - O ti ni igbega si brigadier gbogbogbo ti awọn olutọju lati Oṣu Kẹsan Ọjọ 28, Ọdun 1861, ati pe o ti fi si ọmọ-ogun ti Potomac, nibiti o ti paṣẹ fun ọmọ-ogun kan ti II Corps ni Ipolowo Peninsula. Ó kópa nínú ogun Yorktown, Seven Pines, Oak Grove : , Gaines Mill, Garnetts  Goldings Farm, Savages Station, Glendale, àti Malvern Hill. Àwọn ojúewé wọnyí jápọ mọ: French gba iyìn ni awọn iroyin osise fun awọn iṣe ati olori rẹ, ati pe o ni igbega lati paṣẹ fun apakan kan lakoko Igbimọ Northern Virginia. 