Ku qor sii wadida faqradan - Maadaama uu ahaa kabtanka 12aad ee Connecticut Volunteers, De Forest wuxuu ku arkay ficil dagaalkii sokeeye ee Louisiana sanadkii 1862 iyo ololihii Dooxada Shenendoah sanadkii 1864
ka hor inta aan loo fasaxin caafimaad dartiis. Wuxuu daabacay "Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty" sanadkii 1867 isagoo dhaleeceynaya bulshada reer koonfureed ee addoonsiga haysta.