Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E buliri ya n'ọkwa onyeisi ndị agha o sonyere na mwakpo ndị agha n'elu Port Royal site n'aka ndị agha n'okpuru Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont. O debere ya n'ọnọdụ iji chekwaa ọkụ ọkụ na ụlọ elu dị na Hilton Head, ma nyere aka n'ụzọ nkịtị n'ime ka batrị ndị iro ahụ kwụsị. N'afọ 1863, e buliri ya n'ọkwa commodore; ma nye ndị isi nke anọ nke Admiral David Dixon Porter's fleet na nke mbụ na
agha nke abụọ nke Fort Fisher, North Carolina, na Disemba 1864 na Jenụwarị 1865. N'akụkọ nke ihe omume nke ikpeazụ a, a jara ya mma maka nkwado o nyere onye isi ndị agha, na maka ezi ọzụzụ na ịgba egbe nke ụgbọ mmiri ya, ndị.