Ka kammala wannan jumla: A watan Maris na shekara ta 1862, an naɗa Waddell Laftanar a cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa na Ƙasar. An aika shi zuwa New Orleans, an sanya shi zuwa CSS "Mississippi" wanda ba a kammala ba har sai da aka hallaka shi a ƙarshen Afrilu. Wata mai zuwa, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin jami'in bindiga a bakin teku, ya shiga cikin
Yaƙi tsakanin batirin bakin teku na Kungiyar Tarayya da na Tarayyar Tarayya a Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Ya ga ƙarin sabis na baturi a Charleston, South Carolina, a lokacin sauran 1862 da kuma cikin 1863. An aika da shi a kasashen waje a watan Maris na 1863, an tura Waddell na farko a Ingila yana jiran samun matsayi na teku.