Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - E nyere Susquehanna ọrụ ọzọ na 20 Julaị 1864, e kenyere ya na North Atlantic Blockading Squadron ma sonye na mwakpo ndị a na-emeghị na Fort Fisher, North Carolina, na Christmas Eve 1864. Otú ọ dị, n'etiti ọnwa Febụwarị nke afọ 1865, ihe abụọ ahụ mere ka ndị agha ahụ dị ike merie ebe ndị agha Confederate nọ.
ma mechie Wilmington, North Carolina, ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ikpeazụ dị mkpa nke ndị Confederate States of America. N'oge ahụ, ọ nọ n'okpuru iwu nke Rear Admiral Sylvanus William Godon. Otu n'ime ndị ọrụ ya, Landsman Henry S. Webster, e nyere ya ihe nrite nke nsọpụrụ maka omume ya na Agha nke Abụọ nke Fort Fisher.