Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradan-- Sanadkii 1862, kadib markii uu qarxay dagaalkii sokeeye, wuxuu ku biiray ciidanka midowga isagoo ahaa kabtanka shirkada H, 31st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Waxaa loo dalacsiiyay major sanadkii 1864, wuxuuna adeegay ilaa dhamaadkii dagaalka. Wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay dagaalladii Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain
, Buuraha Kennesaw, Atlanta, iyo Jonesboro, iyo Sherman's March to the Sea.