Njengoba kunikezwe lombhalo wenkomba ngomsebenzi kaCharles Henry Bromedge Caldwell, yisho imikhumbi ayeyilawula ngemva kokuphakanyiselwa kwakhe esikhundleni sokuba uMkhuzi.
Context:UCharles Henry Bromedge Caldwell wazalelwa eHingham, eMassachusetts ngoFebhuwari 24, 1823. Wangena ebuthweni lasemanzini njenge-midshipman ngoFebhuwari 27, 1838, futhi waba nguthishanhloko ngoSepthemba 4, 1852. Wayephethe i-USS Vandalia ohambweni lwesibili lwe-US Navy lokuya eFiji, uhambo lokujezisa lwango-1859 ngokumelene namaqhawe aseWaya Island ayebulale abathengisi ababili baseMelika. Ngo-1862, wayephethe isikebhe sezikhali i-Itasca, sesikebhe sokuvimbela i-western gulf, futhi wabamba iqhaza ekuqhunyweni kwamaFort Jackson naseSt. Philip. Ngobusuku buka-Ephreli 20, isikebhe sakhe sezikhali, nePinola, sathunyelwa ohambweni ngaphansi komyalo we-Fleet-Capt. UBell, ukuze enze indlela yemikhumbi idlule ezivimbelweni eziseduze nezigodlo. Isekela. UCaldwell kanye neqembu lakhe bangena kwelinye lama-hulks ayephethe amaketanga, futhi baphumelela ekuwahlukaniseni, naphezu komlilo omkhulu ababekhona. I-Itasca yabe isiyiswa ogwini ngumsinga, ibonwe kahle yizinqaba, futhi kwadlula isigamu sehora ngaphambi kokuba iphinde igeleze. Akazange akwazi ukudlula ezinqabeni kanye nomkhumbi wonke, ngenxa yesibhamu esangena ebhodleleni lakhe. Isekela. UCaldwell wayesesenzweni eGrand Gulf, ngoJuni 9, 1862, futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngukhomanda ngoJulayi 16 1862.  Wayala i-Essex enesikebhe esenziwe ngensimbi, ye-Mississippi squadron ngo-1862-63, futhi wabamba iqhaza emisebenzini ePort Hudson, kusukela ngoMashi kuya kuJulayi 1863, eqondisa i-Essex kanye ne-mortar flotilla.  Wayephethe iGlaucus yaseNyakatho Atlantic blockading squadron kusukela ngo-1863 kuya ku-1864, kanye noR. R. Cuyler, weqembu elifanayo, kusukela ngo-1864 kuya ku-1865. Waba ngukaputeni, ngoDisemba 12, 1867, isikhulu sabasebenzi beNorth Atlantic fleet ngo-1870, futhi waba yi-commodore ngoJuni 14, 1874.  Washona ngo-November 30, 1877.
E-Essex I-Glaucus UR. R. Cuyler