Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mgbe njem Disemba megide Fort Fisher kụrụ afọ n'ala, a napụrụ Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler n'ọchịchị ma tinye Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry n'ọchịchị ime mgbalị ọzọ iji were Fort Fisher
ọtụtụ izu ka e mesịrị. Ọchịagha Terry họọrọ Porter ka ọ kpọta ndị agha ahụ. Ndị agha mmiri nke Union rutere, ma lụọ ọgụ ruo n'ikpere mmiri ahụ. Ndị agha lụrụ ọgụ na Point-blank range, ma e were osimiri ahụ ma akụkụ aka nri nke ebe e wusiri ike dabara n'aka ndị Union. Mgbe ahụ, mgbe ọgụ Melee jọgburu onwe ya gasịrị n'akụkụ aka ekpe, ndị Confederates laghachiri Fort Buchanan. Ebe ahụ e wusiri ike nyefekwara onwe ya, ụzọ e si arịgo n'Osimiri Cape Fear pụkwara.