<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yombango ngo-1862, wasula esihlalweni sakhe sesishayamthetho ukuze ayojoyina i-24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Wabhalisa njengesosha kodwa wakhethwa ukuba abe ngukaputeni wenkampani yakhe. Wahlala ebuthweni lempi phakathi nempi, wathola amanxeba amancane empini yaseChampion Hill eMississippi naseWinchester  <response>: eVirginia. Wakhushulwa waba ngu-Major ngoSepthemba 1864 no-Lieutenant Colonel ngoJanuwari 1865 futhi wakhululwa ngo-Agasti 1865. 