Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin yakin basasa shi ne Kyaftin Jirgin Ruwa na Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron a cikin kamawar Fort Clark da Hatteras
a watan Agusta 1861, kuma ya umurci a cikin toshewar New Inlet, North Carolina. Daga 1869 zuwa 1873 ya kasance Shugaban Ofishin Ordnance, yana samun matsayin mai kula da jirgin ruwa a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1872. Daga 1873 zuwa 1875, ya umurci Squadron na Turai, da kuma haɗin Turai, Arewa da Kudancin Atlantic Squadrons sun taru a Key West a 1874.