 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Earl akapinda Fort Edward Institute. Paaiva nemakore 19, akatanga kushanda kuHudson River Chronicle, akazova muparidzi wayo. Muna July 1861, pashure pokunge Hondo Yenyika yeAmerica yatanga, akanyoresa mu40th New York Infantry Regiment uye akaunganidzwa seSgt. Major. Chirongwa chacho chakatanga kutumirwa kuAlexandria, Virginia uye chakaichengetedza panguva yeHondo Yokutanga yeBull Run, akabva atumirwa kunobatana neuto raGeorge B. McClellan. Akatora chikamu muKukombwa kweYorktown uye Hondo yeWilliamsburg. Muna May 1862, pashure pehondo yokupedzisira, akasimudzirwa kuva Second Lieutenant. Akabva apinda muHondo yeSeven Pines. Akaperekedza hurumende yake paaidzokera shure muHondo yeMazuva Manomwe, kunyange zvazvo akanga achitambura nefivha yemumvura. Muna July 1862, akabudiswa nemhaka yokurwara kwake. Muna Zvita 1862, akanyoreswazve saFirst Sergeant mu176th New York Infantry Regiment uye akapinda muBhangi rekufambisa kuenda kuNew Orleans. Muna April 1863, paakanga ari kuThibodaux, Louisiana, akaremara zvachose pamusana pokukuvara kwakakomba kwepfupa rake rekurudyi. Muna June 1863, achiri akaremara, akapinda mukurwa muThibodaux seboka rakakwira uye akarwa muhondo yeLaFourche Crossing. Muna September 1863, akaburitswa basa nechiremera pamusana pokuremara kwake. Achishumira ari kuLouisiana, akatanga pepanhau diki remubatanidzwa muThibodaux uye akashanda semunyori wenguva nenguva we New York Sunday Mercury. 