Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1862, mgbe Agha Obodo tiwapụrụ, ọ banyere n'Òtù Ndị Agha Union dị ka onyeisi nke Company H, 31st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. E buliri ya n'ọkwa onye isi n'afọ 1864, ma jee ozi ruo mgbe agha biri. O so lụọ agha Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Kennesaw Mountain,
Atlanta, na Jonesboro, na Sherman's March to the Sea.