After the war, he attempted to run a plantation in Mississippi, but it failed and he returned to his pharmacy profession after the death of his first wife.
بعد الحرب , حاول إدارة مزرعة في مسيسيبى , ولكنه فشل و عاد إلى ممارسة مهنة الصيدلة بعد وفاة زوجتة .