Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te pakarutanga o te Pakanga ā-Iwi i te tau 1862, ka whakarerea e ia tana tūru ture kia uru atu ki te 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. I whakauruhia ia hei tangata takitahi engari i pootihia ia hei rangatira mo tana kamupene. I noho tonu ia ki te ope taua puta noa i te pakanga, i whiwhi whara iti i nga pakanga o Champion Hill (Mississippi) me Winchester
(Whiringa-ā-rangi). I whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira nui i te marama o Hepetema 1864 me te koromatua i te marama o Hanuere 1865 a i whakauruhia ia i te marama o Akuhata 1865.