Tulis hiji continuation for this paragraph - Gardner attended local district schools and spent two years as a student in the Genesee and Wyoming Seminary. Tulis hiji continuation for this paragraph - Gardner attended local district schools and spent two years as a student in the Genesee and Wyoming Seminary. Dina bulan Agustus 1862, salila Perang Sipil Amérika, manéhna enlisted di Company C tina 130th New York Infantry Regiment. Resimen ieu saterusna jadi 19th New York Cavalry Regiment jeung saterusna jadi 1st New York Dragoons Regiment. Mimitina jadi korporal di pausahaan, tuluy diangkat jadi sarjan. Dina usum gugur taun 1864, salila kampanye Valley taun 1864
, manéhna kaleungitan suku katuhu, nu diamputasi di Rumah Sakit Camden Street di Baltimore. Sanggeus diamputasi, manéhna ngalaman gangrén, jadi kudu dioperasi deui. Manéhna dibébaskeun ti tentara dina bulan April 1865. Sanggeus balik deui ka Attica, manéhna diangkat jadi juru pos di Erie Railway, jabatan anu dicekel salila tilu taun saterusna.