Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ọnwa Mee 1861 ọ laghachiri n'ọrụ ndị agha U.S. dị ka 1st Lieutenant na 1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment. Ọ bụ akụkụ nke ọrụ ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya ruo mgbe a họpụtara ya Colonel nke 1st Massachusetts Volunteers Infantry Regiment. N'ọrụ a, ọ lụrụ ọgụ na Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Mgbapụta, Ọhịa na Spotsylvania. O meriri n'ọkwa ndị isi na ndị agha US maka Chancellorsville na lieutenant colonel maka Gettysburg. A chụpụrụ ya n'ọrụ ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo na May 28, 1864.