He was commissioned as captain and assigned to the 6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, in which he served for three years in the Department of the Northwest, in response to uprisings in southern Minnesota and Dakota Territory by Native Americans against settlers.
He was commissioned as captain. He was assigned to the 6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry by Native Americans against settlers. He served for three years in the Department of the Northwest to uprisings in southern Minnesota. This was in response. He served for three years in the Department of the Northwest to Dakota Territory in the 6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. This was in response.