Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ gbakere, Anderson sonyeere ndị agha Confederate nke Potomac na February 1862 (nke a nabatara n'ime ndị agha nke Northern Virginia mgbe e mesịrị n'oge opupu ihe ubi) dị ka onye isi ndị agha. Anderson gosipụtara onwe ya n'oge Mgbasa Ozi nke Peninsula, na-ewere iwu nke ngalaba na
Seven Pines mgbe Longstreet na-eje ozi dị ka onye na-eduzi ndị agha. Na Seven Pines ọ nwetara aha a na-akpọ "Fighting Dick", wee bulie ya n'ọkwa onye isi ndị ọchịagha na July 14 wee nata iwu nke General Benjamin Huger. Dịka akụkụ nke ndị agha Longstreet, Anderson lụrụ ọgụ na Second Bull Run. Ngalaba ya jidere akara nchekwa ikpeazụ nke Union gburugburu Henry House Hill, mana anyanwụ na-amalite ịda ma ọ naghị agbanye ọgụ ahụ.