Kammala wannan jumla: A 1862, bayan barkewar yakin basasa, ya shiga rundunar sojojin Amurka a matsayin kyaftin din Kamfanin H, 31st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. An ci gaba da shi zuwa babban jami'in a 1864, kuma ya yi aiki har zuwa karshen yakin. Ya shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Siege na Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Mai wa'azi na Ridge, Kennesaw Mountain,
Atlanta, da Jonesboro, da kuma Sherman's Maris zuwa Tekun.