 Nekubuda kwehondo, Pleasants akava lieutenant wechipiri mu6th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, iyo yakanyoresa kwemwedzi mitatu chete. Akanyoreswazve semutungamiriri mu48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment muna Chikunguru 1861. Pakutanga, chikwata ichi chakashanda kuWestern Theater asi chakazoenda kuEastern Theater ndokurwa muhondo dzakadai saAntietam, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg uye muWilderness. 