Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Lutes ki te ope taua mai i Geddes, New York i te Poutu-te-rangi 1864. I a ia e mahi ana ki te 111th New York Infantry, i hopukina ia i te
Te Pakanga Tuarua o te Teihana o Ream, engari i muri mai ka tukuna ka whakatairangahia ki te Corporal. I te wa i whakakorehia ai tana rerenga i te tau 1865, i whakawhitihia ia ki te 4th US Artillery Regiment.