Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Porter wuxuu bilaabay adeegga badda isagoo ahaa askari ka tirsan ciidamada badda isagoo 10 jir ah oo uu ka hoos jiray aabihiis, Commodore David Porter, markab dagaal oo loo yaqaan 'frigate'. Noloshiisa inteeda kale, wuxuu la xidhiidhay badaha. Porter wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay dagaalkii Mexico ee weerarkii qalcadda ee Magaalada Vera Cruz. Markii uu qarxay Dagaalkii Sokeeye, wuxuu qayb ka ahaa qorshe lagu qabsanayo Fort Pickens, oo u dhow Pensacola, Florida, ee Midowga; fulinteeda ayaa carqaladeysay dadaalka lagu yareynayo ciidankii ku sugnaa Fort Sumter, taasoo keentay hoos u dhaca Sumter. Porter wuxuu hogaaminayay ciidan madax banaan oo maraakiibta hoobiyeyaasha ah markii la qabsaday New Orleans. Kadib, waxaa loo dallacsiiyay darajada (ku shaqeynta) admiral ka dambeeya oo ka amar qaata Mississippi River Squadron, kaas oo la shaqeeyay ciidanka ka hooseeya Major General Ulysses S. Grant ee Ololaha Vicksburg. Kadib dhicitaankii Vicksburg, wuxuu hogaamiyay ciidamada badda ee ololihii wabiga cas ee Louisiana. Dabayaaqadii 1864, Porter waxaa laga soo wareejiyay gudaha ilaa xeebta Atlantic, halkaas oo uu ku hogaamiyay ciidamada badda ee Maraykanka weerarada wadajirka ah ee
Dagaalkii ugu dambeeyay ee ciidamada badda ee Fort Fisher.