Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "Pontoosuc" laghachiri na New York na 30 August 1864 ma were ọrụ escort. Ka ọ na-erule etiti ọnwa Disemba, ọ maliteghachiri ọrụ mgbochi, na Wilmington. Na 24 na 25 Disemba ọ sonyere na mwakpo nke Fort Fisher, laghachite ịwakpo Fort ọzọ na
mwakpo a gara nke ọma n'etiti ọnwa Jenụwarị nke afọ 1865. N'ọnwa Febụwarị ọ kwagara n'osimiri Cape Fear maka ọrụ megide Fort Anderson. Mgbe e merisịrị Wilmington, ọ maliteghachiri njem ya n'ụsọ oké osimiri. Mmadụ asaa n'ime ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri nke "Pontoosuc" nwetara ihe nrite nke nsọpụrụ maka omume ha n'oge mkpọsa a: Cabin Boy John Anglin, Coxswain Asa Betham, Boatswain's Mate Robert M. Blair, Captain of the Forecastle John P. Erickson, Landsman George W. McWilliams, Chief Quartermaster James W. Verney, na Sailmaker's Mate Anthony Williams.