 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akabva apedza gore rimwe ari muhofisi yomugadziri wedzimba muNew York City. Akanga ari nhengo yebasa reinjiniya pasi paFrederick Law Olmsted, mutariri weCentral Park, New York City, uko akavandudza tarenda rekugadzira nzvimbo, kunyanya mukuvakwa kwemigwagwa, kurapwa kwepamusoro uye kudyara. Muna 1861 akaenda naVaOlmsted kuWashington, D.C., uko akabatsira kuronga U.S. Sanitary Commission. Akabva apinda muuto remainjiniya, U.S. Army, achitungamirirwa naGeneral George Dashiell Bayard, uye akashanda pabasa rokusimbisa uye rokudzivirira muVirginia kumaodzanyemba kwerwizi rwePotomac. Musi waApril 14, 1865, Culyer akapupurira kuurayiwa kwaAbraham LincolnpaFords Theatre muWashington, D.C. 