Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Baldwin na Dutchess County, New York, ma zụlite ya n'ugbo ezinụlọ ya dị n'ebe ahụ. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Red Creek, New York, ma mesịa kụzie ụlọ akwụkwọ na Rhode Island na Connecticut. N'abalị iri na atọ n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1861, o sonyeere ndị agha nke Union tinyere ụmụnne ya anọ, otu n'ime ha ga-anwụ n'agha na
Agha Resaca. A họpụtara ya na mbụ dịka onye isi maka Company C, 36th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. E zigara ndị agha ahụ na Missouri, na February 1862 e mere ya onye isi ụlọ ọrụ. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ nke afọ ahụ, e buliri ya n'ọkwa lieutenant colonel, n'elu 8th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry.