Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge a na-alụ Agha White Oak Swamp na June 1862, iberibe mgbọ égbè tụrụ Lewis n'ụkwụ aka nri. O mechara sonye n'agha nile nke ndị agha nke ise ma e wezụga nke
Mine Run na Antietam ruo Mee 1864, mgbe e bepụrụ aka ekpe ya n'ubu n'ihi mmerụ ahụ ọ tara n'ụbọchị mbụ nke Agha Ọzara. Mgbe ahụ, a kpọgara ya Fredericksburg, na Buffalo, ebe nwunye ya lekọtara ya mgbe ọ na-agbake. N'ọnwa Septemba n'afọ 1864, a chụrụ ya n'ọrụ, ma sonye na Veteran Reserve Corps (VRC) dị ka onye isi ndị ọchịagha; na Machị 1865, e buliri ya n'ọkwa brigadier general.