<prompt> Feleletša polelo e latelago: Ka May 1861 o ile a thwala 18th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, gomme a kgethwa go ba mokolonele wa yona wa pele. Nako ya gagwe e le molaodi wa madira a Kentucky le Tennessee e be e le ya ngangišano le ya go loka. O ile a gobala nakong ya Ntwa ya Fort Donelson. Ka Nofemere 1862 o ile a thwalwa bjalo ka brigadier general, gomme a laela brigade ka go Karolo ya Bobedi ya XIII Corps. O ile a lwa ka katlego ka Lesolong la Vicksburg ka 1863. O ile a etelela pele banna ba gagwe dintweng tša  <response>: Port Gibson, Champions Hill, le Big Black River Bridge. le nakong ya tlhaselo ya kakaretšo ya May 22, 1863 go Vicksburg MS, moo mašole a ka tlase ga taolo ya gagwe e bego e le ona feela mašole a Union go tsena ka gare ga mešomo ya Confederate ka Railroad Redoubt moo ba ilego ba hloma folaga ya U.S. 