Ka kammala wannan magana: A wannan lokacin rani, ya zama kwamandan jirgin ruwa mai dauke da bindigogi kuma ya ja-gorance shi a yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa da sojojin Confederate. A shekara ta 1864, ya koma Atlantic blockade a matsayin jami'in zartarwa na "Powhatan". Yayin da aka sanya shi zuwa wannan jirgi, Bache ya shiga cikin duka biyu da ba su da nasara kuma
nasarar da aka yi a kan Fort Fisher, wanda aka gudanar a watan Disamba na 1864 da Janairu 1865. A wannan hari na ƙarshe, an ji masa rauni amma ba mai tsanani ba.