Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: " Na, e nyere Radford ntụziaka ka ọ kọọrọ Rear Admiral John Dahlgren na Philadelphia maka iwu nke ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. " Mgbe ọ bịarutere, e kpebiri na ụgbọ mmiri ahụ chọrọ ndozi ka Radford wee nwee ahụ iru ala ma nye iwu ka ọ gaa n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri na Washington, D.C. n'ọnwa Julaị 1864. A kpọghachiri ya na "New Ironsides" na, ma sonye na North Atlantic Blockading Squadron na Hampton Roads. Onyeisi ndị agha David Porter chịkọtara ụgbọ mmiri iji wakpo Fort Fisher maka ịchịkwa Cape Fear River. O tinyere Radford n'ọchịchị nke Ironclad Division, nke gụnyere ụgbọ mmiri "New Ironsides",,,, na n'oge
mwakpo a wakporo Fort Fisher na Disemba 1864 na Jenụwarị 1865. David Porter toro nkwado Radford nyere ndị agha Union n'ikpere mmiri ma nye ndị ọrụ ya asatọ ihe nrite nke nsọpụrụ.