Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I haere a Gardner ki nga kura rohe o te rohe, a e rua nga tau i noho ai hei akonga i te Genesee me te Wyoming Seminary. I te marama o Akuhata 1862, i te Pakanga Tangata o Amerika, i uru ia ki te Kamupene C o te 130th New York Infantry Regiment. I muri mai ka noho te ope taua ki te 19th New York Cavalry Regiment, katahi ka 1st New York Dragoons Regiment. I te timatanga he corporal o te kamupene, i muri mai ka whakatairangahia ia ki te kaitiaki. I te ngahuru o te tau 1864, i te
I nga pakanga o te raorao o te tau 1864, i ngaro tana waewae matau, i tapahia i te Whare Hauora o Camden Street i Baltimore. I puta he mate i muri i te whati, ā, me mahi anō ia. I tukuna ia mai i te ope taua i te Paenga-whāwhā 1865. Whai muri i tana hokinga ki Attica, i tohua ia hei kaitohutohu pou i runga i te Erie Railway, he tuunga i mau ia mo nga tau e toru e whai ake nei.