<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: UGardner wafunda ezikoleni zesifunda sendawo futhi wachitha iminyaka emibili njengomfundi eGenecy naseWyoming Seminary. Ngo-Agasti 1862, ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango yaseMelika, wabhalisa eNkampani C ye-130th New York Infantry Regiment. Kamuva leli butho laba yi-19th New York Cavalry Regiment bese kuba yi-1st New York Dragoons Regiment. Ekuqaleni wayeyisikhulu sebutho, kamuva wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba isekela. Ekwindla ka-1864, ngesikhathi  <response>: Emkhankasweni we-Valley ka-1864, walahlekelwa umlenze wakhe ongakwesokudla, owanqanyulwa esibhedlela saseCamden Street eBaltimore. Ngemva kokunqanyulwa kwesitho, kwatholakala i - gangrene, futhi kwadingeka ukuba ahlinzwe okwesibili. Wakhishwa ebuthweni ngo-April 1865. Ngemva kokubuyela e-Attica, wamiswa njengenceku yeposi e-Erie Railway, isikhundla asibamba iminyaka emithathu eyalandela. 