Waxad qortaa sii wadida cutubkan - James wuxuu ku biiray Guutada 16aad ee Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment markii uu qarxay Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Mareykanka Oktoobar 13, 1861 isagoo 13 jir ah. Sanadkii 1864 waxaa la qabtay waxaana loo kaxeeyay xabsiga Andersonville. Waxa uu ka badbaaday Andersonville, iyo markii uu soo baxay July 18, 1865, waxa uu ahaa la darajo brevet of Captain, dib taariikhda October 3, 1861, "waayo, geesinimada muuqata muujiyay by isaga at dagaalka ee Korintos iyo Atlanta
. "