 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Randall akanyoresa somunhu oga mu4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry muna April 1861. Iye akabva agamuchira kugadzwa ku4th U.S. Infantry semutevedzeri wechipiri muna Gumiguru. Akashanda muNew York neWashington, D.C., uye mumunda neArmy of the Potomac. Akanga ari mutevedzeri wemutungamiri muKukombwa kweYorktown, Hondo yeGaines Mill, Hondo yeMalvern Hill, Second Bull Run kwaaitungamirira Kambani C, uye Fredericksburg; uye lieutenant wokutanga paHondo yeWilderness. Akagadzwa kuva kaputeni wepachikoro nokuda kwebasa rake rokushinga muHondo yeAntietam. Akashanda semukuru mu14th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, chikamu cheMajor General Ambrose Burnsides IX Corps paRichmond-Petersburg Front muna 1864, uye aive mutungamiri wechirongwa paHondo yeCrater. The Dansville Advertiser yakashuma musi wa7 Gunyana kuti akatora kutungamira kwechikwata musi wa18 Nyamavhuvhu. Nyaya iyi inoshumawo kuti akakuvadzwa muhondo musi wa 19 August. Akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wehondo, uye ipapo mukuru wehondo nokuda kwoushingi muhondo yeFort Stedman. Akabuda mubasa reVanozvipira musi wa 26 Nyamavhuvhu, uye akagadzwa kaputeni mu4th US Infantry musi wa 23 Gunyana 1865. Gare gare, akashanda paDavids Island Military Reservation, New York Harbor, kwaakanga ari muna December 1867. 