Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 16 ga watan Yuli, 1862, an ba shi mukamin Laftanar Kwamandan kuma ya umurci jirgin ruwa mai kwakwalwa a cikin Gabashin Gulf Blockading Squadron. An canja shi zuwa jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa na Arewacin Atlantic Squadron, Chandler ya yi yaƙi da jirginsa a bombardment da
faɗuwar Fort Fisher da kama Wilmington a farkon 1865, karɓar ci gaba zuwa kwamandan a ranar 25 ga Yuli 1866.