Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1861<unk>62 Kimberly ya yi aiki a cikin jirgin ruwa a cikin West Gulf Blockading Squadron, yana shiga cikin ayyukan kogin Mississippi a Port Hudson,
Grand Gulf, da kuma Vicksburg, da kuma karɓar ci gaba ga Lieutenant kwamandan a ranar 16 ga Yuli, 1862. A 1863-64 ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in zartarwa na jirgin ruwa, yana ganin aikin a yakin Mobile Bay, bayan da aka yaba masa sosai don aikinsa mai kyau da inganci. Bayan yaƙin, ya shiga Sojojin Sojoji na Loyal Legion na Amurka.