Waxaa loo magacaabay taliye qeybta koowaad ee shirkada D, qeybta labaad ee Vermont Infantry, 20-kii Maajo, 1861, laakiin wuxuu is casishay 5-tii Nofeembar, 1861, sababo caafimaad awgood. Wuxuu dib ugu biiray ganacsigii aabihiis, wuxuuna ku noqday aagga Washington, isagoo dawooyinka ka iibiyay farmashiistayaasha iyo dhakhaatiirta milatariga. Kadib wuxuu aqbalay booska ugu weyn ee Ciidanka 10aad ee Vermont 26kii Ogosto, 1862. Waxaa loo dalacsiiyay kornayl-ku-xigeen bishii Oktoobar 17, 1862, wuxuuna la wareegay amarka guutada kornayl ahaan bishii Abriil 26, 1864, isagoo badalay Albert B. Jewett, oo is casilay. Waxa uu hogaaminayay gudihiisa dagaalada Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomy Creek
, Cold Harbor, iyo Cedar Creek.