Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Dị ka onye isi nke ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo nke Connecticut nke iri na abụọ, De Forest ahụwo ihe omume na Agha Obodo na Louisiana na 1862 na
Ọ lụrụ agha na ndagwurugwu Shenendoah n'afọ 1864 tupu a chụọ ya n'ọrụ maka nsogbu ahụike. O bipụtara "Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty" n'afọ 1867 dịka nkatọ nke ndị ohu na ndịda.