 On August 14 , 1862 , Pitman left school without his family 's knowledge and volunteered to serve in the Union Army and fight in the American Civil War . He apparently never informed his family in advance about the choice to join the war because the news of his enlistment was reported back in Hawaiʻi 's American missionary community as " Henry Pitman has run away from home and gone [ to war ] . " Carter described Pitman 's rationale for enlisting : " In the midst of the clamor of war , when the very air vibrated with excitement , the wild enthusiasm of the crowds , and the inspiring sound of the drum , his Indian nature rose within him . His resolve was made . " 
 On August 14 , 1862 , Pitman left school without his family <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>knowledge and volunteered to serve in the Union Army and fight in the American Civil War . He apparently never informed his family in <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>advance</mark></a> about <a href='None' title='3'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>choice</mark></a> to join the war because the news of his enlistment was reported back in Hawaiʻi <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>American missionary community as " Henry Pitman <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>has</mark></a> run away from home and gone [ to war ] . " Carter described Pitman <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>rationale for enlisting : " In the midst of the clamor of war , when the very air vibrated with excitement , the wild enthusiasm of the crowds , and the inspiring sound of the drum , his Indian nature rose within him . His resolve was made . " 
On August 14 , 1862 , Pitman left school w/o his family  knowledge and volunteered to serve in the Union Army and fight in the American Civil War . He apparently never informed his family in no advance about no choice to join the war cuz the news of his enlistment was reported bak in Hawaiʻi  American missionary community as " Henry Pitman done run away from home and gone [ to war ] . " Carter described Pitman  rationale for enlisting : " In da midst of the clamor of war , when the very air vibrated with excitement , the wild enthusiasm of tdacrowds , and the inspiring sound of thdarum , his Indian nature rose within em . His resolve was made . "