Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A wannan shekarar, ya shiga cikin rundunar sojan ruwa a yakin Confederation
a kan jirgin ruwa "Libertad", wanda ya kama "Socabaya", wanda aka bari a karkashin umurninsa. Bayan ya koma Chile, an ba shi mukamin kyaftin. Saboda fitaccen aikinsa a yakin Casma, ya sami lambar yabo daga gwamnan Chile. Ya umurci ketch "Magallanes" a 1846 da steamer "Cazador" daga 1851 zuwa 1856, wanda ya nutse a daya daga cikin bala'o'i mafi girma na Chile.