[4] In 1858, Kibbe was responsible for organizing the Klamath & Humboldt Expedition led by Captain Isaac G. Messec to fight the Wintoon War of 1858-59 against the Whilkut people.
In May 1861, when the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles absconded with the weapons and equipment of various defunct militia companies in Southern California, blame came to Kibbe.
Adjutant General Kibbe in his report of December 3, 1863 to Governor Leland Stanford proposed a novel plan for the protection of San Francisco harbor: To adequately fortify the harbor it was proposed to construct revolving iron towers at each side of the Golden Gate.
Kibbe contended that if the towers could be built and other approaches to the city fortified, the navies of the world could be kept out of the harbor.
[6]Kibbe was replaced by George S. Evans when he was appointed Adjutant General by Governor Frederick Low, May 1, 1864.