Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - Na auai Peter Kappesser i le ʻautau mai Syracuse, i Niu Ioka iā Aokuso 31, 1862. Na ia mauaina le Medal of Honor na tuuina atu e Peresitene Aperaamo Licoln ia Novema 24, 1863 mo le puʻeina o le Confederate Walthall's Mississippi Brigade o le 34th Mississippi Infantry Fighting i lalo o le General Brag i le Taua o Lookout Mountain
, i Tennessee iā Novema 24, 1863.