Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin basasa, ya gudanar da umarni da dama na teku kuma ya shiga cikin ayyukan da ke kusa da Gulf Coast. Ya umurci "Owasco" da "Sangamon", ya wuce sansanin soja don kama New Orleans kuma ya shiga batutuwan Confederate a cikin siege na Vicksburg. Ya kuma shiga cikin kama garuruwan a Galveston, Texas, da kuma kama Fort Fisher
, Arewacin Carolina.