<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoMeyi 1861 wajoyina i-18th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, futhi wamiswa njengekholonili yayo yokuqala. Isikhathi sakhe ehola ibutho eKentucky naseTennessee sasingathandeki futhi sasihlelekile. Walimala phakathi neMpi yaseFort Donelson. NgoNovemba 1862 wathola isikhundla sokuba yi-brigadier general, futhi wayala i-brigade eNgxenyeni Yesibili ye-XIII Corps. Walwa ngokuhlonishwa eMkhankasweni waseVicksburg ngo-1863. Wahola amadoda akhe empini yasePort Gibson  <response>: , iChampions Hill, neBig Black River Bridge. futhi ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa okujwayelekile kukaMeyi 22, 1863 eVicksburg MS, lapho amabutho angaphansi komyalo wakhe ayengukuphela kwamabutho e-Union ukungena emisebenzini ye-Confederate e-Railroad Redoubt lapho abeka khona ifulegi lase-US. 