Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Leffert wuxuu ka qalin jabiyay Jaamacadda St. Lawrence University sanadkii 1863. Ka dib markii uu ka qalin jabiyay St. Lawrence, Buck wuxuu ku biiray oo u dagaalamay Ciidanka Midowga ee Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Mareykanka ee General Slocum, isagoo ka qayb qaatay dagaalladii Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Peachtree Creek, Resaca iyo Ringgold Gap.