Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na auai Richard i le Kolisi a le Old Masonic i Lexington seʻia oo ina 17 ona tausaga. Ina ua uma lana aʻoga, sa galue o ia mo le tausaga e tasi o se sui failautusi ma faamaumauga a le faamasinoga, ona amata ai lea o le Taua i le Lotoifale i Amerika. Na auai o ia i le Confederate Army o se tagata lautele i le 8th Division, i lalo o le pule a le Brigadier General James S. Rains, i le Lt. Col. John Bowman's 2nd Infantry regiment o le Missouri State Guards. Sa tau le fitafita o Keith i le Taua i Lexington, Taua i Wilson's Creek, ma le Taua i Pea Ridge. Ona alu lea o ia i Memphis, ma auai i le vaega a Landis (John C. Landis) mai Misuri ma tau i le Taua muamua ma le Taua lona lua i Korinito, o taua i Iuka, Hatchie River,
Grand Gulf, Fort Gibson,