Atlanta, Georgia, and Port Royal in South Carolina in April 1861. Corbin served aboard the Wabash until 1863. Corbin was promoted to commander on July 16, 1862. He served as Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy in 1863. He commanded the steamer from 1864 to 1865 and was fleet captain of the West India Squadron enforcing the Union blockade from 1865 to 1866. Following the war, with a commission as captain, he sailed his last cruise on the flagship Guierriere, of the South Atlantic squadron, in 1868. He spent his final years in service at the ordinance depot in Philaladelphia. Commodore Corbin retired in January 1874, having served for 21 at sea and 7 years on land. Death and legacy Corbin died at his nephew's house in Philadelphia on December 17, 1901 and his remains were returned to Virginia for burial at Hollywood cemetery in Richmond. He died without a will, and with a substantial estate of stocks and bonds worth over $763,000. Complications ensued when the state of Alabama filed documents affecting the share of one of his heirs at law, Francis Corbin Randolph, who had been an elected Alabama probate judge who disappeared, possibly to become a soldier of fortune in a South American conflict between Columbia and Venezuela, whereupon the accounts of monies for liquor licenses were audited and $25,000 seemingly embezzled. References 1820 births 1901 deaths United States Navy officers People from Alabama People from Middlesex County, Virginia United States Naval Academy faculty