Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tīmatanga o te tekau tau 1850, ka neke ia ki Chicago, i reira i kaha ai ia ki te mahi pakihi maha. I te timatanga o te Pakanga Tangata o Amerika, i haere tahi a Kent me tetahi whanaunga, a Loren Kent, he rangatira ia i te 29th Illinois Infantry Regiment, i te mutunga ka whakahaua e ia hei koronel. I haere a Jacob Kent me te 29 o Illinois, a i tae atu ia ki te Paenga-whāwhā 1862
Te Pakanga o Hiroa.