Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge oyi nke 1861<unk>62, e kenyere ndị agha Hampton n'okpuru Gustavus W. Smith. Ngalaba Smith so ndị ọzọ nke Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Northern Virginia gbadata Virginia Peninsula iji nyere aka na Siege nke Yorktown (1862) tupu Johnston alaghachi na Richmond. Na Mee 23, 1862, e buliri Hampton n'ọkwa brigadier general. Na
Agha nke Seven Pines na Mee 31, 1862, ọ merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu n'ụkwụ, mana ka ọ nọ n'okpuru ọkụ, ọ nọgidere n'ịnyịnya ya ka a na-agwọ ụkwụ ya. Hampton laghachiri ọrụ n'oge iji mejupụta dị ka onye ndu nke ndị agha na-agba ọsọ maka Stonewall Jackson na njedebe nke agha ụbọchị asaa, ọ bụ ezie na ndị agha ahụ anaghị arụ ọrụ nke ọma.