Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na auai o ia i le ʻautau a le Iuni e avea o se fitafita faapitoa i le Vaega E o le 49th New York Volunteer Infantry i le masina o Iuni, 1861, ma avea ai ma se sareni. Na auai lana vaega i taua a le Army of the Potomac lea na aofia ai le Young's Mill, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Mechanicsville, Fair Oaks, Gaines's Mill,
Savage's Station, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Williamsport, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg ma isi nofoaga. Na ave faapagotaina Walsh i le taimi o gaioiga faasaga i le Welden Railroad i se taimi puupuu ao leʻi maeʻa lona vaitaimi o le lesitalaina ma sa avea o se pagota i Belle Isle, Libby Falepuipui, Andersonville, Savannah, Castle Pinckney ma Florence Stockade, ae le i fesuiaʻi ma toe foi atu i Annapolis, Indiana, lea na faʻamavaeina ai o ia i le aso 5 o Me, 1865. I se taimi mulimuli ane, na ia galue ai mo le valu tausaga i le "Wisconsin State Journal" i Madison.