Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Ahakoa tōna taitamarikitanga, i uru a Kirkland ki te ope taua i te tau 1861, i muri noa iho i te whakapuakitanga o te pakanga, i mua i ōna tuakana. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Kamupene E, 2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, engari i muri mai ka nekehia ki te Kamupene G o te rerenga kotahi, ka whakatairangahia ki te kaitiaki. I kite tuatahi ia i nga mahi i te Pakanga Tuatahi o Bull Run (Tuatahi Manassas), ana i muri mai i te Pakanga o Savage's Station
, Battle for Maryland Heights and Battle of Antietam, i te wa i mate ai te nuinga o ana hoa tata mai i te Kaunihera o Kershaw.