 In mid-September, "Breaker" accompanied "Corypheus" on an expedition to Corpus Christi, Texas, to secure the release of the family of Judge Edmund J. Davis, a prominent political leader who had remained loyal to the Union after his state seceded and had escaped into exile to serve the Union cause.Kittredge went ashore under a flag of truce at Corpus Christi where the Confederate commanding officer refused to permit Mrs. Davis to leave Texas, but promised to refer the matter to higher authority.While waiting a decision from San Antonio, Texas, Kittredge took his two ships to Flour Bluff, where "Belle Italia" joined them.