Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Poutu-te-rangi 1862, i tohua a Waddell hei Lieutenant i roto i te United States Navy. I tukuna ki New Orleans, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te CSS "Mississippi" kaore i oti te whakangaromanga tae noa ki tana whakangaromanga i te mutunga o Aperira. I te marama e whai ake nei, i a ia e mahi ana hei rangatira pu i te takutai, i uru ia ki te
Ko te pakanga i waenga i nga papahiko takutai o te Rōpū me nga kaipuke rino a Federal i Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. I kite ia i etahi atu ratonga papahiko i Charleston, South Carolina, i te toenga o te tau 1862 me te tau 1863. I tukuna ki tawahi i te Poutu-te-rangi 1863, i tohaina a First Lieutenant Waddell ki Ingarangi e tatari ana ki te waatea o te tuunga moana.