 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1861, pazera ramakore 19, Scofield akabatanidzwa somunhu oga muBattery D ye1st Ohio Light Artillery pasi pomurayiro waColonel James Barnett. Chikwata chake chakapinda muhondo dzinosanganisira Perryville, Chickamauga. Apo kunyoresa kwake kwakapera, akagadzwa semutevedzeri wechipiri we103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pakupedzisira achiwana chinzvimbo chekaputeni muna 1864. Mukati mebasa rake, akashanda zvikuru sainjiniya pavashandi vaJacob Dolson Cox. Scofield akabudisa bhuku muna 1909 achitsanangura zvakaitika kwaari panguva yeThe Battle of Franklin. 