Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te hotoke o te tau 1861<unk>62, i whakawhiwhia a Hampton's Legion ki te whakahau a Gustavus W. Smith. I haere tahi te wehenga a Smith me te toenga o te ope a Joseph E. Johnston o Northern Virginia ki raro i te Peninsula o Virginia ki te awhina i te Siege o Yorktown (1862) i mua i te wehenga atu o Johnston ki Richmond. I te Mei 23, 1862, i whakatairangahia a Hampton ki te rangatira rangatira. I te
I te Pakanga o Seven Pines i te Mei 31, 1862, i whara kino ia i te waewae, engari i a ia e pupuhi ana, i noho tonu ia i runga i tana hoiho i te wa e rongoa ana te waewae. I hoki mai a Hampton ki te mahi i te wa tika ki te whakakii hei kaiarahi mo te piriti hiko mo Stonewall Jackson i te mutunga o nga Pakanga o nga Ra e whitu, ahakoa kaore i tino whakauruhia te piriti.