Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a 1823 a Ingila, Woon ya yi hijira zuwa Amurka kuma yana zaune a New York lokacin da ya shiga Sojan Ruwa na Amurka. Ya yi aiki a lokacin yakin basasa a matsayin matukin jirgi da kuma kyaftin din bindiga a kan jirgin. A Yaƙin Grand Gulf
, Mississippi, a ranar 29 ga Afrilu, 1863, "an tsare shi a cikin shimfiɗarsa na kwanaki da yawa daga rashin lafiya, duk da haka ya nace kuma ya dauki umurnin bindiga wanda shi ne kyaftin din; ya yi yaƙi da shi sama da awanni biyu, kuma ya bar shi ne kawai lokacin da ba zai iya tsayawa ba". Saboda wannan aikin, an ba shi lambar yabo na girmamawa bayan 'yan watanni daga baya a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1863.