Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilu 1864 Dokta Whistler an ba shi aikin filin, ya zama mataimakin likitan tiyata a cikin 1st South Carolina Rifle Regiment ko "Rifles na Orr". Da ya isa matsayinsa a kan lokaci don yakin Spotsylvania Court House ya yi kyakkyawan ra'ayi a kan sabbin abokan aikinsa "[ya umurci] bawansa ya ɗauki dokinsa a baya kuma daga cikin haɗari, yayin da ya kasance tare da layin yaƙi har sai ya shiga Bloody Angle, kuma an tsare shi don kula da waɗanda suka faɗi a cikin cajin. " Ya shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Jericho Ford, Shagon Riddle, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Fussell's Mill, Tashar Ream
da kuma gonar Jones.