John W. Comfort wuxuu ku dhashay Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sanadkii 1844. Bilowgii Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Mareykanka, Comfort oo 17 jir ah ayaa ku biiray Ciidanka 29aad ee Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 20-kii Juun, 1861. Wuxuu isla markiiba dib ugu soo laabtay isagoo ku sugnaa degmada Hamilton, Tennessee bishii Diseembar 1863, toddobaadyo kadib Dagaalkii Wauhatchie, waxaana loo dallacsiiyay darajada sarkaal dhamaadka bisha. Comfort wuxuu arkay ficil joogto ah oo ku xeeran Chattanooga, Tennessee iyo Georgia, oo ay ku jiraan hareeraynta Atlanta iyo Savannah
, iyo sidoo kale gobolka Carolinas. Dagaalkii ka dib, Comfort si sharaf leh ayaa loo fasaxay July 17, 1865. Wuxuu go'aansaday inuu xirfad milatari ku yeesho, si kastaba ha noqotee, wuxuuna ku biiray Ciidanka Mareykanka ee caadiga ah afar bilood ka dib markii uu ka tagay adeegga mutadawiciinta.