Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 16 ga watan Yuli, 1862, an ba shi mukamin kwamandan kwamandan kuma ya umurci jirgin ruwa a cikin 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 kuma faduwar Fort Fisher
da kuma kama Wilmington a farkon 1865, yana karɓar ci gaba zuwa kwamandan a ranar 25 ga Yuli, 1866.