Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Muna 1861, makore maviri asati anyora nhetembo iyi, rugare rwaLongfellow rwomunhu oga rwakadengenyeka apo mudzimai wake wechipiri waakanga ararama naye kwemakore 18, waakanga akazvipira zvikuru kwaari, akapiswa nomwoto netsaona. Zvadaro muna 1863, panguva yeHondo Yenyika yeAmerica, mwanakomana mukuru waLongfellow, Charles Appleton Longfellow, akabatana neUnion Army pasina chikomborero chababa vake. Longfellow akaudzwa netsamba yaMarch 14, 1863, Charles aenda. "Ndakaedza zvakaoma kudzivisa muedzo wokuenda pasina mvumo yako asi handichagoni", akanyora kudaro. "Ndinonzwa kuti ibasa rangu rokutanga kuita zvandinogona nokuda kwenyika yangu uye ndingada nokuzvidira kupa upenyu hwangu nokuda kwayo kana kwaizova kwakanaka". Nokukurumidza Charles akagadzwa kuva lieutenant asi, muna November, akakuvadzwa zvakakomba muHondo yeMine Run
. Charles akazopora, asi nguva yake somurwi yakanga yapera.