Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I haere a Richard ki te Whare Wānanga o Old Masonic i Lexington tae noa ki te 17 o ōna tau. Whai muri i te kura ka mahi ia i te tau hei kaikawe tuarua me te kaituhituhi o te kooti, katahi ka tiimata te Pakanga o Amerika. I uru ia ki te ope taua o te Rōpū o te Rōpū 8th, i raro i te whakahau a Brigadier General James S. Rains, i roto i te 2nd Infantry regiment o Lt. Col. John Bowman o nga Kaitiaki o te Kawanatanga o Missouri. I whawhai a Private Keith ki te Pakanga o Lexington, te Pakanga o Wilson's Creek, me te Pakanga o Pea Ridge. I haere ia ki Memphis, ka uru atu ki te paparanga Landis (John C. Landis) o Missouri ka whawhai i te Pakanga Tuatahi me te Tuarua o Koriniti, nga pakanga o Iuka, Hatchie River, Grand Gulf
Ko Fort Gibson,