Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A nabatara ya ọzọ na July 20, 1864, "Susquehanna" e kenyere 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, njedebe abụọ ahụ dị n'ike dị ike nke mechara
weghaara ebe ndị Confederate gbakwasịrị ụkwụ 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.