Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi John W. Comfort a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a shekara ta 1844. A farkon yakin basasa na Amurka, Comfort mai shekaru 17 ya shiga tare da 29th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry a ranar 20 ga Yuni, 1861. Nan da nan ya sake shiga yayin da yake zaune a gundumar Hamilton, Tennessee a watan Disamba na 1863, makonni bayan yakin Wauhatchie, kuma an daukaka shi zuwa matsayin sajan a ƙarshen watan. Ta'aziyya ta ga ci gaba da aiki a kusa da Chattanooga, Tennessee da kuma Georgia, ciki har da sieges na Atlanta da Savannah
, kazalika da Carolina. Bayan yakin ya ƙare, an ba da ta'aziyya a ranar 17 ga Yuli, 1865. Ya yanke shawarar yin aiki a cikin soja, duk da haka, kuma ya shiga cikin Sojojin Amurka na yau da kullun watanni hudu bayan barin aikin sa kai.