Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya shiga cikin alkawurra a Middletown da Winchester
, Virginia, a watan Mayu, 1862. A watan Yuni, 1862 an nada shi a matsayin mai kula da sandan sandan na 9th Vermont Volunteer Infantry. Ya kasance tare da rundunar lokacin da aka kama shi a Harper's Ferry a watan Satumba, 1862. An saki Vermont na 9 kuma aka aika zuwa Camp Douglas (Chicago) a watan Janairu, 1863, bayan haka ya tsare fursunonin Confederate.