 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo isati yatanga, akafamba nomuMexico neTexas. Pakutanga kwehondo, uyu mubhengi akasarudzwa kuva kaputeni we17th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Muna October 1862, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant-colonel. Akashanda muChattanooga campaign uye Shermans March to the Sea. 