Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A farkon shekarun 1850, ya koma Chicago, inda ya kasance mai aiki a kamfanonin kasuwanci da dama. A farkon yakin basasa na Amurka, Kent ya bi dangi, Loren Kent, wanda ya kasance jami'i a cikin Rundunar Sojoji ta Illinois ta 29, wanda daga bisani ya yi umurni a matsayin colonel. Yakubu Kent ya yi tafiya tare da 29th Illinois, kuma ya kasance a watan Afrilu 1862 Battle of Shiloh
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