Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lutes ya shiga cikin sojojin daga Geddes, New York a watan Maris 1864. Ya yi aiki tare da 111th New York Infantry, an kama shi a karo na biyu na Ream's Station
, amma daga baya aka ba shi izini kuma aka daukaka shi zuwa Corporal. Lokacin da aka rushe rundunarsa a shekara ta 1865, an canja shi zuwa Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ta 4.