I te tau 1861-62 i mahi a Kimberly i runga i te kaipuke kaipuke i te West Gulf Blockading Squadron, i uru ki nga mahi awa o Mississippi i Port Hudson, Grand Gulf
, me Vicksburg, me te whiwhi i te whakatairanga ki te rangatira rangatira i te Hurae 16, 1862. I te tau 1863 ki te 1864, i mahi ia hei rangatira whakahaere mo te kaipuke hau, i kite i te pakanga i Mobile Bay, i muri mai i te whakamoemiti ki a ia mo tana mahi toa me te pai. Whai muri i te pakanga, ka uru ia ki te Whakaaetanga a te Hoia o te Legion o te United States.