Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O sonyeere ndị agha Union dịka onye nkịtị na ụlọ ọrụ E nke 49th New York Volunteer Infantry na June, 1861, na-arịgo n'ọkwa nke sergeant. Ya na ndị agha nke Potomac, ndị otu ya sonyere n'agha ndị gụnyere Young's Mill, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Mechanicsville,
Fair Oaks, Gaines's Mill, Savage's Station, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Williamsport, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg na ndị ọzọ. E jidere Walsh n'oge ọrụ megide Welden Railroad obere oge tupu oge ngwụcha nke ọrụ ya wee bụrụ onye mkpọrọ na Belle Isle, Libby Prison, Andersonville, Savannah, Castle Pinckney na Florence Stockade, tupu a gbanwere ya wee laghachi Annapolis, Indiana, ebe a napụrụ ya ọrụ na May 5, 1865. N'oge ụfọdụ mgbe nke a gasịrị, ọ nọrọ afọ asatọ na-arụ ọrụ na "Wisconsin State Journal" na Madison.