Corbin subsequently served aboard the steam-frigate "Wabash" with the Mediterranean Squadron from 1858 to 1859. In 1860 he was on leave before returning to the "Wabash" in 1861, which had been reassigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron after the outbreak of the American Civil War. Corbin participated in the capture of Fort Beauregard in Louisiana, Fort Walker in Atlanta, and Port Royal in South Carolina in April 1861. Corbin served aboard the "Wabash" until 1863.