Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Mahuru 30, 1862, i whakauruhia a Kiesewetter hei tangata takitahi i te Kamupene B, 46th Ohio Infantry i te American Civil War. I te
I te Pakanga o Resaca, i whara kino ia i te huha maui i te Mei 14, 1864. E whitu nga marama i takoto ai ia i runga i te moenga, i te mea kua pakaru te whara. Na te maimoatanga mai i te taatai, ka ora ia, ka tukuna ki Camp Chase, Columbus, i te Maehe 31, 1865. I noho ia ki te puni hei kaitohutohu tae noa ki te Akuhata 25, i te wa i utua ai ia hei kaikaute i tetahi umanga Columbus. I noho ia ki reira tae noa ki te 1878.