He refused a discharge and spent the rest of the war guarding a prison boat .
Fifer enlisted as a Private in the 33rd Illinois Infantry at the start of the Civil War and was severely wounded at Jackson , Mississippi during General Grant 's Vicksburg campaign .
Fifer refused a discharge and spent the rest of the war guarding a prison boat .
Fifer enlisted as a Private in the 33rd Illinois Infantry at the start of the Civil War and was severely wounded at Jackson , Mississippi during General Grant 's Vicksburg campaign .