Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sylvester Bonnaffon, Jr., aiva nemakore 19, akanyoresa basa rechiuto muPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, musi waDecember 14, 1861, uye akabatanidzwa ipapo musi iwoyo somurwi weKambani I ye99th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Achichinjirwa kuKambani G mukati mekirasi imwechete musi waDecember 18, akazokwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru musi waApril 1, 1862 uye kusvika kune sergeant mwedzi gare gare (musi waMay 1). Akapihwa basa semutevedzeri wechipiri musi waNyamavhuvhu 1 wegore rimwe chetero, akazoita nehurumende yake mune dzinoverengeka dzezviito zvakanyanya zveAmerican Civil War sechikamu cheUnion Army yePotomac, kusanganisira 1862 yechipiri Hondo yeBull Run (Nyamavhuvhu 28-30), uye hondo dze
Chantilly (September 1) uye Fredericksburg (December 11<unk>15); 1863's Chancellorsville Campaign (April 30<unk>May 6), hondo dzeGettysburg (July 1<unk>3) uye Wapping Heights (July 23), Bristoe Campaign uye Hondo Yayo Yokutanga yeAuburn (October 13) uye Hondo Yechipiri yeRappahannock Station (November 7), uye Mine Run Campaign (November 27<unk>December 2); uye 1864 hondo dzeWilderness (May 5<unk>7), Spottsylvania Court House (May 8<unk>21), North Anna (May 23<unk>26), uye Cold Harbor (May 31<unk>June 12). Akabatanidzwa nehurumende yake muKukombwa kwePetersburg, kusanganisira yekutanga uye yechipiri Hondo yePasi Yakadzika (Chikunguru 27-29, 1864 naAugust 14-20), akabva akwidziridzwa muchikamu zvakare nekomisheni kune lieutenant wekutanga musi waGunyana 27.