Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Mgbe akụkọ banyere Agha Obodo ruru Minnesota, Bloomer na ụmụ nwanne nna ya sonyeere ndị nche Stillwater, otu ndị agha obodo. A chịkọtara ndị nche ahụ na First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment na Fort Snelling na Eprel 29, 1861, na-akpụzi isi nke Company B. E nyere Bloomer ọkwa nke onye isi na mbụ ma sonye na ndị agha niile nke ndị agha ahụ ruo mgbe Agha Antietam. E merụrụ ya ahụ́ nke nta n'isi n'Agha Bull Run. Mgbe a na-alụ Agha Savage's Station
na June 29, 1862, nke bụ akụkụ nke Peninsula Campaign, a kwalitere Bloomer ka ọ bụrụ colour sergeant. N'etiti ọgụ ahụ, e gburu onye na-ebu ọkọlọtọ ahụ. Bloomer buuru ọkọlọtọ, ma kewapụ ya na ndị agha ahụ ruo awa ise. O weghachiri ndị ọchịagha na-acha odo odo na ndị agha ahụ ma bulie ya n'ọkwá maka obi ike ya.