Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An ci gaba da Greer zuwa kwamandan kwamandan kuma ya yi aiki a kan 1862 zuwa 1863, sa'an nan kuma an haɗa shi da Admiral David Dixon Porter na Mississippi Squadron. Yayin da yake umurni da ironclads, ya shiga cikin yakin Vicksburg da kuma harbi na Grand Gulf
kazalika da ba a yi nasara ba Union Red River expedition a farkon 1864.