Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Iā Iuni 26, 1861, na auai ai Baxter i le Taua Faalemalo a Amerika, ma auai i le 12th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry o se fomai tipitipi. Na auauna o ia seʻia oo iā Aperila, 1862, ina ua tofia o ia e avea ma fomaʻi tipitipi i le Army of the Potomac. Na auai o ia i le Peninsula Campaign, e aofia ai le Taua o Yorktown, Hanover Court House, ma
O le Seven Pines.