A lokacin yakin basasa, ya rike kwamandojin ruwa da yawa 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 kamawar garuruwan a Galveston, Texas, da kuma
kama Fort Fisher, Arewacin Carolina.