Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Porter akatanga basa rengarava semumwe wevashandi vechikepe pazera remakore gumi pasi pababa vake, Commodore David Porter, pa frigate. Kwoupenyu hwake hwose, akanga akabatanidzwa negungwa. Porter akashanda muHondo yeMexico pakurwiswa kweguta reVera Cruz. Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika, aive chikamu chehurongwa hwekubata Fort Pickens, padyo nePensacola, Florida, yeUnion; kuurayiwa kwayo kwakakanganisa kuyedza kubvisa varwi paFort Sumter, zvichitungamira kudonha kwaSumter. Porter akarayira chikwata chakazvimiririra chemabhoti emota pakutora New Orleans. Gare gare, akafambira mberi kusvika pachinzvimbo che (achishanda) rear admiral mukutungamira kweMississippi River Squadron, iyo yakabatana neuto riri pasi paMajor General Ulysses S. Grant muVicksburg Campaign. Pashure pokuwa kweVicksburg, akatungamirira mauto ehondo muRed River Campaign yakaoma muLouisiana. Gare gare muna 1864, Porter akachinjwa kubva mukati kuenda kumhenderekedzo yeAtlantic, uko akatungamirira U.S. Navy mukurwisa pamwe chete
Fort Fisher, chiito chokupedzisira chinokosha chehondo.