 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Arther akaberekwa muna 1835 muScotland, uye akabatana neUS Navy kubva kuBoston, Massachusetts muna August 1861. Akashanda mukati meHondo yeVanhu somutungamiriri wechikamu chezviratidzo pa Mukati meHondo dzeFort Henry neFort Donelsonmuna February 1862, akaita mabasa ake somukuru mukuru wezvokushandisa zviratidzo uye kaputeni wepfuti yomumhenderekedzo yegungwa nokutendeka, zvinobudirira uye noushingi. Nokuda kwezviito izvi, akapiwa Medal of Honor gore rakatevera racho, musi waJuly 10, 1863, uye akabudiswa muNavy masvondo maviri gare gare. 