Ka rite ki te rangatira o te Twelfth Connecticut Volunteers, i kite a De Forest i te pakanga i roto i te Pakanga Tangata i Louisiana i te tau 1862 me te pakanga o Shenendoah Valley i te tau 1864
i mua i te tuku i a ia mō ngā raruraru hauora. I whakaputaina e ia te "Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty" i te tau 1867 hei whakahe mo te hapori pononga o te tonga.