Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E kenyere ndị agha ahụ na General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, na n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ha sonyeere Texas Brigade. E buliri Tebbs n'ọkwa Lieutenant-Colonel mgbe Manning buliri ya n'ọkwa colonel na mbido afọ 1862. Ọ ga-eso ndị agha ahụ lụọ agha na Cheat Mountain,
Seven Pines, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, na Fredericksburg, na mgbakwunye na ọtụtụ obere agha na esemokwu dị n'etiti. N'ihi ahụ ike na-adịghị mma, Tebbs ga-ahapụ ọrụ ya ma hapụ ọrụ Confederate na Jenụwarị 11, 1863.