Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Jarvis a ranar 27 ga Yuni, 1845 a Afirka, Ohio. A lokacin yakin basasa na Amurka, ya yi aiki tare da 23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment na Union Army. Abubuwan da ya shiga ciki sun hada da yakin Grand Gulf.
, Yaƙin Port Gibson, Yaƙin Jackson, Mississippi, Yaƙin Champion Hill, Yaƙin Babban Black River Bridge, Siege na Vicksburg da Yaƙin Spanish Fort.