 Kunyange zvazvo Farragut aigara muNorfolk, Virginia, Hondo yeVanhu isati yatanga, aiva muSouthern Unionist uyo aishora zvakasimba kuparadzana kweSouth uye akaramba akavimbika kuUnited States pashure pokunge Hondo yeVanhu yatanga. Pasinei zvapo nokusava nechokwadi pamusoro pokuvimbika kwaFarragut, Farragut akapiwa basa rokurwisa guta rechiteshi rinokosha reConfederate reNew Orleans. Pashure pokurwa achipfuura Fort St. Philip neFort Jackson, Farragut akabatwaNew Orleans muna April 1862. Akakwidziridzwa kuva rear admiral mushure mehondo uye akabatsira kuwedzera kutonga kweUnited Union kumusoro pamwe neRwizi rweMississippi, achitora chikamu mukukombwa kwePort Hudson. Sezvo United States yakanga yava kutonga rwizi rwaMississippi, Farragut akatungamirira kurwisa kwakabudirira Mobile Bay, yaiva chiteshi chikuru chekupedzisira cheConfederate paGulf of Mexico. Farragut akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru wehondo mushure mokuguma kweHondo yeVanhu uye akaramba ari mubasa rinoshanda kusvikira afa muna 1870. 