Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Nan da nan bayan wannan nasara an daukaka shi, a kan shawarar Admiral Porter, zuwa matsayin mai aiki na ensign. Ya shiga cikin wani labari mai ban sha'awa na gudana na batura a Vicksburg, da biyu engagements a Grand Gulf
a kan Mississippi, wadanda na biyu Yazoo Pass da Red River expeditions, karkashin Janar Banks, a cikin abin da sojojin da kuma gunboats yi aiki a hade.