Ya yi yaƙi tare da rundunar 'yan sa-kai ta New York ta 60 a yakin basasar Amurka, ya shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Antietam, Gettysburg,
Dutsen Lookout, Ringgold Gap, Resaca, Dallas da kuma Peachtree Creek. An sallame shi da girmamawa a matsayin colonel a watan Satumba na shekara ta 1864.