Short answers, pulled from the story.
James Abram Garfield was born on the 19th of November 1831 inside a log cabin in Orange Township, Ohio. He grew up poor and fatherless after his father died later that year while his mother raised him with strong will.
James A. Garfield received a commission as colonel in the 42nd Ohio Infantry regiment in August 1861 before being promoted to brigadier general. He commanded Confederate forces out of eastern Kentucky and fought at the Battle of Middle Creek on the 9th of January 1862 which resulted in Confederate withdrawal from the field.
James A. Garfield investigated the Black Friday Gold Panic scandal launched by Jay Gould and James Fisk in September 1869 and testified about the Crédit Mobilier scandal in January 1873. He admitted receiving $329 in dividends from stock offered by Oakes Ames but returned the money and biographers note he told partial truths during testimony.
James A. Garfield gained 50 votes on the 35th ballot triggering a stampede of support that gave him 399 votes on the next ballot. This victory came after deadlocked ballots between Ulysses S. Grant and James G. Blaine until Jeremiah McLain Rusk and Benjamin Harrison shifted anti-Grant votes to Garfield.
Charles J. Guiteau shot James Abram Garfield on the 2nd of July 1881 at a railroad station in Washington D.C. The president died on the 19th of September 1881 from infections related to the wounds rather than immediate trauma due to medical failures involving unwashed hands.