 On October 3, 1862, Crocker captured the blockade runner "Dan" on the Calcasieu Pass and used it to travel back up the Sabine River to destroy the railroad bridge.Crocker was promoted to the rank of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant "for gallant conduct" in the Sabine Pass and Calcasieu Pass operations by Admiral Farragut.When intelligence reports indicated that there was a large Confederate army, preparing to counter-attack, Master Hooper (then in command of the place) withdrew the "Rachael Seaman" across the bar and back into the Gulf, abandoning the city and Fort Sabine, thus returning Sabine Pass, the lake, and river to Confederate hands.