Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December 1843, Voorhees akabatana naCommodore Daniel Turner's Brazil Squadron ichivharira Montevideo mukuchengetedza kutengeserana kweU.S. munguva yeUruguayan Civil War
. 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.