Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1861 akadzokera kubasa rechiuto reU.S. sa1st Lieutenant mu1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment. Akanga ari rutivi rwebasa renguva dzose reCavalry kusvikira agadzwa kuva Colonel we1st Massachusetts Volunteers Infantry Regiment. Muchinzvimbo ichi akarwa paFredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run
, Wilderness uye Spotsylvania. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru muU.S. Army nokuda kweChancellorsville uye kuva lieutenant colonel nokuda kweGettysburg. Akadzingwa mubasa rokuzvipira musi waMay 28, 1864.