Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakauruhia a Sargent hei tangata takitahi i te 5th Vermont Infantry, Kamupene D i Stowe, Vermont i Akuhata 1861, a i whakauruhia ia hei rangatira tuatahi mo te Kamupene K o taua rerenga i te marama o Mei 1865. Ko nga whakaeke i roto i tana wa o te ratonga ko: te tiaki o Washington, DC, Siege of Yorktown (1862), Battle of Williamsburg, Battle of Garnett's and Golding's Farm,
Battle of Savage's Station, Maryland Campaign, Battle of Crampton's Gap, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Salem Church, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderess, Battle of Spotsyvlania Court House, Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Cedar Creek, Third Battle of Petersburg, and the Battle of Appomattox Court House. Ko nga pakanga i whakahaeretia i roto i nga pakanga o te pakanga o te pakanga o te pakanga o te pakanga o te pakanga o te pakanga o te pakanga o te pakanga. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Tohu o te Honore o te US mo tana whakaaturanga o te toa i te Paenga-whawha 2, 1865, i te wa i eke ai ia, ka whakanoho i te haki o Amerika ki runga, te parapet o te Confederate fort i Petersburg, Virginia. I whakawhiwhia taua tohu i te Oketopa 1891.