Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1862, e nyere Schenck iwu na West Gulf Blockading Squadron. Schenck na-achịkwa na ngalaba nke atọ nke Admiral David Dixon Porter's fleet na
emume megide Fort Fisher, ma kpọtụrụ aha maka obi ike na akụkọ ọrụ Admiral Porter. E mechara bulie ya elu ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị agha na Septemba 21, 1868, wee laa ezumike nká na June 11, 1869.