Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a John W. Comfort ki Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, i te tau 1844. I te timatanga o te Pakanga a-Iwi o Amerika, i uru atu a Comfort 17-tau-tau ki te 29th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry i te Pipiri 20, 1861. I hohoro ia ki te whakauru ano i a ia e tu ana i Hamilton County, Tennessee i te Tihema 1863, wiki i muri i te Pakanga o Wauhatchie, a i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te kaitiaki i te mutunga o te marama. I kite a Comfort i nga mahi tonu i te taha o Chattanooga, Tennessee me Georgia, tae atu ki nga whakapae o Atlanta me Savannah
, tae atu ki ngā Carolinas. I muri i te mutunga o te pakanga, i tukuna a Comfort i te Hōngongoi 17, 1865. Heoi, i whakatau ia ki te mahi i roto i te ope taua, a, i uru atu ia ki te Ope Taua o te United States wha marama i muri i tana wehenga mai i te mahi tuku iho.