<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: EMpini Yombango YaseMelika, uGeddes wakhonza ebuthweni le-Union, wabhalisa njengesosha ebuthweni le-8th Iowa Infantry. Wakhushulwa waba ngukaputeni wabe eseba ngu-lieutenant colonel, futhi ngemuva kukaFebhuwari 1862 waba ngu-colonel wamavolontiya. Wabamba iqhaza ekulweni  <response>: EShilo, lapho alimala khona futhi athunjwa. Waboshwa isikhathi esithile eMadison, eGeorgia, naseLibby Prison eRichmond, eVirginia. Ngemva kokuba eshintshiwe, walwa eVicksburg naseJackson. Ngo-Okthoba 1863, wanikezwa umyalo webrigade futhi wathunyelwa eBrownsville, eTexas. Ngemuva kwalokho, wasebenza njengomphathi we-Memphis, eTennessee, lapho asindisa khona ekubanjweni yi-Confederate cavalry ngaphansi kukaNathan Bedford Forrest. Wahola ibutho eMkhankasweni Wamaselula futhi walwa ngokuphawulekayo eMpini yaseSpain Fort. NgoJanuwari 13, 1866, uMongameli u-Andrew Johnson waqoka uGeddes ukuba aqokwe esikhundleni sokuba yi-brevet brigadier general yamavolontiya, ukuba abe sezingeni kusukela ngoJuni 5, 1865, futhi iSenate yase-United States yaqinisekisa ukuqokwa ngoMashi 12, 1866. 