Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni akatora rutivi 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 akatungamira 4th Division yeAdmiral David Dixon Porter's fleet muhondo yekutanga neyechipiri yeFort 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,.