Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: James Conner so na bọmbụ nke Fort Sumter dị ka onye isi nke ndị nche Montgomery, otu ndị agha South Carolina. Ná mmalite nke Agha Obodo, ọ jụrụ nhọpụta dịka onye ọka iwu mpaghara maka Confederation. Kama nke ahụ, ọ ghọrọ onye isi na Hampton Legion ma lụọ ọgụ na Agha nke Mbụ Bull Run (Manasas Mbụ), na-ewere iwu nwa oge nke ndị agha mgbe Colonel Wade Hampton merụrụ ahụ. Na July 21, 1861, a họpụtara Conner onye isi nke Hampton's Legion. Mgbe ndị
Agha nke Seven Pines n'oge Mgbasa Ozi nke Peninsula, o weghaara iwu nke 22nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment. N'oge agha ụbọchị asaa, bọọlụ egbe gbajiri ụkwụ ya n'oge agha nke Gaines Mill. Mgbe ọnwa abụọ nke mgbake gasịrị, ọ laghachiri iduzi ndị agha ya na Agha Chancellorsville na Agha Gettysburg.