Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna December 1843, Voorhees akabatana naCommodore Daniel Turner's Brazil Squadron ichivharira Montevideo mukuchengetedza kutengeserana kweU.S. munguva ye
Hondo yevagari vomuUruguay. Musi waSeptember 29, 1844, maVoorhees akabata chikepe cheArgentina chakanga chakapakata tsamba kumukuru mukuru weArgentina. Uku kunyanyisa kwakakuvadza ukama hweUS-Argentina uye kwakaguma nedare rehondo reVoorhees. Kushingaira kwake kwakatungamirira kumwedzi mishomanene yokumiswa, nokuda kwaVoorhees, asi hakuna kukuvadza zvikuru basa rake.