Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohe a Kiernan kia uru atu ki nga rarangi whawhai, ana i runga i taua mana i tohua hei Major i te 6 o Missouri. I te marama o Mei 1863 i
I Port Gibson, Missouri, i whara ia ki te puku maui, a, i mahue i te papa mo te mate. I whakahokia mai, i mauheretia, ka rere ia ki nga ope o te Uniana ka whakarere i tana komihana. I te 1 o Akuhata 1863 i tonoa ia hei Brigadier General of Volunteers e te Perehitini a Aperahama Lincoln; e whakahau ana i tetahi pou i Miliken's Bend i te Mississippi. Heoi, ko te kino o te hauora na ona whara i te pakanga i akiaki ia ki te whakarere i te 3 o Hui-tanguru 1864.