Tuhia he korero mo tenei waahanga - Ko Sylvester Bonnaffon Jr., tekau ma iwa nga tau, i uru ki te mahi hoia i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania i te Tihema 14, 1861, a i whakauruhia ki reira i taua ra ano hei tangata takitahi me te Kamupene I o te 99th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. I whakawhitihia ki te Kamupene G i roto i taua rerenga i te Hakihea 18, ka whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te corporal i te Paenga-whāwhā 1, 1862 me te taumata o te kaitiaki i te marama i muri mai (i te Mei 1). I whakawhiwhia ki a ia hei tuarua tuarua i te Akuhata 1 o taua tau ano, ka uru ia ki tana rerenga i roto i etahi o nga mahi tino kaha o te Pakanga Taiao o Amerika hei waahanga o te Union Army of the Potomac, tae atu ki te Pakanga Tuarua o Bull Run (Akuhata 28<unk>30) me nga pakanga o Chantilly
(Hepetema 1) me Fredericksburg (Hānuere 11<unk>15); 1863's Chancellorsville Campaign (Paenga-whāwhā 30<unk>Mei 6), nga pakanga o Gettysburg (Hōngongoi 1<unk>3) me Wapping Heights (Hōngongoi 23), Bristoe Campaign me tona Pakanga Tuatahi o Auburn (Oketopa 13) me te Pakanga Tuarua o Rappahannock Station (Noema 7), me te Mine Run Campaign (Noema 27<unk>Hānuere 2); me nga pakanga o te 1864 o te Wilderness (Mei 5<unk>7), Spottsylvania Court House (Mei 8<unk>21), Anna Te Tai Tokerau (Mei 23<unk>26), me Cold Harbor (Mei 31<unk>Hune 12). I uru atu ia me tana roopu ki te Siege o Petersburg, tae atu ki te Pakanga Tuatahi me te Tuarua o te Roto Rawa (Hura 27-29 o Hurae, 1864 me Akuhata 14-20), ka eke ano ia ki te taumata me te komihana ki te rangatira tuatahi i te Mahuru 27.