Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O sonyeere ọzọ na 11th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery na September 18, 1861, maka oge nke afọ atọ. N'abalị iri abụọ na isii n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1862, e jidere ya na ndị agha iri na itoolu ndị ọzọ sitere na 11th IBNYA na Agha nke Abụọ nke Bull Run nke a makwaara dị ka Second Manassas. N'ọnwa Ọktoba na Nọvemba nke 1862, e debara aha ya na 7th Detachment, 2nd Battalion, Paroled Prisoners, na Annapolis, Maryland. Mgbe ọ laghachiri na 11th IBNYA na Disemba 1862 e buliri ya n'ọkwa nke Corporal na Jenụwarị 2, 1863. E zigara ndị otu nke Corporal Shepard na Reserve Artillery ma tinye ya na Batrị K, 1st New York Light Artillery. Shepard hụkwara ihe na Chancellorsville, Gettysburg na
Agha nke Ọgba Mgba.