Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru a Lutes ki te ope taua mai i Geddes, New York i te Maehe 1864. I te mahi ki te 111th New York Infantry, i mauheretia ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o Ream's Station
, engari i muri mai ka tukuna, ka whakatairangahia ki te Corporal. I te wa i whakakorehia ai tana rerenga i te tau 1865, i whakawhitihia ia ki te 4th US Artillery Regiment.