<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uRichard wafunda e-Old Masonic College eLexington waze waba neminyaka engu-17 ubudala. Ngemva kwesikole wasebenza unyaka njengomsizi wombhali nombhali wenkantolo futhi kwabe sekuqala iMpi Yombango YaseMelika. Wajoyina i-Confederate Army njengomuntu ozimele e- 8th Division, ngaphansi komyalo kaBrigadier General James S. Rains, kuLt Col John Bowmans 2nd Infantry regiment of the Missouri State Guards. Isosha uKeith lalwa eMpini yaseLexington, eMpini yaseWilsons Creek, naseMpini yasePea Ridge. Wabe eseya eMemphis, wajoyina ibhethri likaLandis uJohn C. Landis laseMissouri futhi walwa eMpini yokuqala neyesibili yaseKorinte, izimpi zase-Iuka, uMfula iHatchie, iGrand Gulf  <response>: , eFort Gibson, 