Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau mai i Newport, New Hampshire, i tohua a Belknap hei Midshipman i te 1847. I whakahaua e ia te aroturuki i te wā o ngā whakaeke ki
Ko te Pakanga o Fort Fisher, me te kaipuke o te pakanga i te haerenga o Formosa o te tau 1867. Ko ia te rangatira matua i te wa o nga tutu whai muri i te kowhiringa a David Kalākaua hei Kingi o Hawaii i te 1874.