Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Lindsay a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 1837 a Arewacin Hudson, New York. A lokacin yakin basasa na Amurka, ya kasance jami'i tare da 118th New York Volunteer Infantry na Union Army. Rikicin da ya shiga ya hada da yakin Drewry's Bluff
, Yaƙin Chaffin's Farm da Siege na Petersburg. Bayan haka, Lindsay ta zauna a Neillsville, Wisconsin.