 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana April 19, 1861, Burghardt akazivisa kuBellevue Hospital uko akagamuchirwa nokuda kwokurovedzwa kwavanamukoti neboka ravanamazvikokota vanovhiya. Kurovedzwa kwake kwakapfuurira kusvikira pana June 8, 1861, apo akaenda kuWashington kuti atange kuita somukoti muhondo. Burghardt akashanda somukoti kusvikira musi waSeptember 6, 1865. Yakagoverwa munzvimbo dzakawanda, dzakadai seAntietam, Gettysburg, Nhare Monroe, Winchester, uye Alexandria. Mushure mokunge basa raBurghardt rapera, Dorothea Dix akanyora uchapupu hwezvipatara pamusoro pebasa raBurghardt munguva yehondo. Mutsamba iyi, Dix akataura nezvekutendeka uye unyanzvi hwaBurghardt. 