 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna June akadzokera kuBoston ndokunyoresa paHarvard Law School, asi pakasvika September 1862 akava lieutenant wokutanga mu44th Massachusetts regiment. Apo United States Colored Troops USCT yakaumbwa nokuda kwevanhu veAfrica-America, akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni musi waMarch 31, 1863, we 54th Massachusetts. Zvisinei, nhamba yevazvipiri yakanga yakakura kudarika zvaitarisirwa, saka akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel, uye akabatsira kuronga 55th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry pasi pehutungamiri hwaNorwood Penrose Hallowell. Basa re54 muHondo yechipiri yeFort Wagnerrakaratidzwa mufirimu rinonzi Glory. 55th yakatamira muimba yavo yekare, uye yakarayirwa kuti itange muna July 1863. Vakashanda pakuvaka makomba paFolly Island vachitsigira kukombwa kweCharleston, South Carolina. Apo Hallowell aifanira kusiya basa nokuda kwekurapwa kwechirwere chekare, Hartwell akasimudzirwa kuti atungamirire regiment musi waNovember 3, 1863. 