Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni akapinda mukurwiswa kwePort Royal nechikepe chaitungamirirwa naAdmiral Samuel Francis Du Pont. Akaisa panzvimbo kuti agadzire moto unopisa paimba yeHilton Head, uye akabatsira pakunyaradza mabhatiri evavengi. Muna 1863 akasimudzirwa kuva commodore; uye akatungamirira 4th Division yeAdmiral David Dixon Porter's fleet paFirst uye
hondo dzechipiri dzeFort Fisher, North Carolina, muna December 1864 naJanuary 1865. Mumushumo wechiito chekupedzisira iye akarumbidzwa zvikuru nokuda kwekutsigirwa kwakapiwa mutungamiri mukuru, uye nokuda kwekuranga kwakanaka uye kupfura kwakarurama kwechikepe chake,.