<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ezinyangeni ezingaphezu kweziyisithupha kamuva, ngoFebhuwari 24, 1864, uBlunt waqokwa waba uKaputeni kanye no-Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, futhi watshelwa ukuba abike kuMkhuzi Jikelele, eMnyangweni waseVirginia naseNorth Carolina, ukuze asebenze eMnyangweni we-Quartermaster, imisebenzi ayithatha ngo-Ephreli 25. Waba yi-Depot Quartermaster ye-Army of the James ngoMeyi 4, 1864, futhi wakhonza kulesi sikhundla kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kuka-1865. Ngenxa yokusebenza kwakhe ngokuzikhandla eMpini yaseLees Mills naseSavages Station  <response>: UMongameli u-Andrew Johnson, ngoMeyi 4, 1866, wakhetha uBlunt ukuba aqokwe esikhundleni sokuba yi-brevet brigadier general of volunteers, ukuze athole isikhundla kusukela ngoMashi 13, 1865, futhi iSenate yase-United States yaqinisekisa ukuqokwa ngoMeyi 18, 1866. Wabuye wathola ukuqokwa kuma-brevet grades ka-major, u-lieutenant colonel kanye no-colonel wamavolontiya, uMnyango we-Quartermaster, ukuba ahlelwe kusukela ngoJuni 9, 1865. Wathola ukuqokwa kwabaphathi abafanayo e-Regular Army ukuba balinganise kusukela ngoMashi 2, 1867. 