 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1854, akabatana nemasoja semutevedzeri. Muna 1861 akabatana ne6th Massachusetts Militia saMajor, uye akakurumidza kunzi mutungamiri ane chinzvimbo chaColonel. Akatungamirira sangano racho pakufamba kwaro kwakakurumbira nomuguta reBaltimore, iyo yakaparira kudeurwa kweropa kwokutanga kweHondo Yenyika yeAmerica. Mauto ake akapfuurira uye akabatsira kudzivirira Washington, D.C. 