Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin kyaftin na goma sha biyu na Connecticut Volunteers, De Forest ya ga aikin a cikin yakin basasa a Louisiana a 1862 da kuma yakin Shenendoah Valley a 1864
kafin a sallame shi saboda matsalar lafiya. Ya wallafa "Miss Ravenel's Conversion daga Secession zuwa Aminci" a 1867 a matsayin zargi na bautar da jama'ar Kudu.