He was in the Savannah at the capture and occupation of Battle of Monterey and points on the coast of California, and returned to New York in September 1847.
He found the ship in French territorial water, but refused to attack and violate international law.
[2] He served as flag captain of the Ticonderoga, and Powhattan as part of the West Indian Squadron searching for privateers in 1863,[3] and in February 1864 he commanded the monitor Monadnock in operations in James River until the evacuation of Richmond, when he cruised to Havana in search of the Stonewall.
[4] He was commissioned captain, 27 September 1866, and was at Philadelphia until 1 October 1870, when he took charge of the ironclads at New Orleans until 8 April 1872.
He commanded the steamer Canandaigua, of the North Atlantic Squadron, in 1872–73, was promoted to commodore on 12 September 1874, and was placed on the retired list on 9 November 1874, by reason of his age.