Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a James ki te 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment i te pakarutanga o te American Civil War i te Oketopa 13, 1861 i te 13 o ona tau. I te tau 1864 ka hopukina ia, ka mauria ki te whare herehere o Andersonville. I ora ia i Andersonville, a, no te mea i whakaurua ia i roto i Hōngongoi 18, 1865, ko reira ki te tūnga brevet o Kapene, backdated Oketopa 3, 1861, "no te maia kitea whakakitea e ia i te whawhai o Koriniti me
Ko Atlanta".