Upon regaining health, he volunteered for a three-year enlistment into the Second Massachusetts Artillery, whereupon he returned to North Carolina and was placed in command of a fort in Newport Barracks.
Upon regaining health, he volunteered for a three-year enlistment into the Second Massachusetts Artillery and was commissioned as a captain in command of Company D on September 9,1863. He then returned to North Carolina and was placed in command of a fort in Newport Barracks.