Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1862, Schenck akapiwa chiremera muWest Gulf Blockading Squadron. Schenck akarayirawo uye 3rd Division yeAdmiral David Dixon Porter's fleet mumabasa ekurwisa Fort Fisher
, uye akanongedzerwa nokuda kwoushingi mumushumo waAdmiral Porter. Akazokwidziridzwa kuva rear admiral musi waSeptember 21, 1868, uye akasiya basa musi waJune 11, 1869.