Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradaan-- Intii lagu jiray dagaalkii sokeeye ee Maraykanka, Geddes wuxuu u adeegay ciidanka Midowga, isagoo ka mid ahaa askar ka tirsan ciidanka 8aad ee Iowa. Waxaa loo dalacsiiyay kabtan kadibna kornayl kuxigeen, kadibna Febraayo 1862 wuxuu noqday kornayl mutadawiciin ah. Wuxuu ka qayb qaatay dagaaladii ka dhacay Shiiloh
Halkaasoo lagu dhaawacay laguna qabtay. Muddo ayuu ku xirnaa xabsiyada Madison, Georgia, iyo Libby Prison ee Richmond, Virginia. Kadib markii la badalay, wuxuu ku dagaalamay Vicksburg iyo Jackson. Bishii Oktoobar 1863, waxaa la siiyay amar howlgal oo loo diray Brownsville, Texas. Kadib, wuxuu u shaqeeyay sidii maamulaha gobolka Memphis, Tennessee, oo uu ka badbaadiyay qabsashada ciidanka Confederate-ka ee Nathan Bedford Forrest. Waxa uu hoggaaminayay guuto dagaal oo ka tirsan ololihii Mobile Campaign wuxuuna si sharaf leh ugu dagaalamay dagaalkii Spanish Fort. Bishii Janaayo 13, 1866, Madaxweyne Andrew Johnson wuxuu u magacaabay Geddes inuu u magacaabo darajada brigadier general ee mutadawiciinta, si uu u qiimeeyo laga bilaabo Juun 5, 1865, Senate-ka Mareykanka ayaa xaqiijiyay magacaabista bishii Maarso 12, 1866.