 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Seay haasati aizova nenguva yakawanda yokufarikanya nzvimbo yake itsva. Mwedzi mumwe chetewo Seay akapasa bvunzo dzokubvumirwa kubasa, kurwisana kwakatanga muHondo yeVanhu vomuAmerica. Pakarepo Seay akanyoresa somuzvipiri muuto reUnion. Somunhu oga, Seay akabatsira mukunyorwa kwevarume 200, avo vakava chikamu che32nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry inotungamirirwa naColonel John C. Phelps. Basa raSeay munguva yeHondo yeVanhu rakamuita kuti akwidziridzwe zvinoverengeka. Seay akasimudzirwa zvishoma nezvishoma kuva kaputeni, mukuru, uye lieutenant colonel. Seay aizoshandira mauto eUnion zvakanaka, achirwa muhondo yeElkhorn Tavern, Hondo yeVicksburg, Hondo yeJackson, Hondo yeChattanooga, Hondo yeLookout Mountain, Hondo yeMishinari Ridge, Hondo yeAtlanta, Hondo yeSavannah, Hondo yeBentonville, uye Hondo yeColumbia. Basa rokupedzisira raSeay rakaitwa paRaleigh, North Carolina, apo mukuru mukuru Joseph E. Johnston akazvipa. Pakupera kwehondo, Seay akasiya uto aine chinzvimbo checolonel chechikwata chake. 