Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọrụ "Alpha" kasị akpali akpali mere ná ngwụsị nke January 1865, mgbe ihe ka ọtụtụ n'ụgbọ agha ndị dị ike nke Union kwụsịrị na James iji kere òkè n'ọgụ a na-alụ na
mwakpo a wakporo Fort Fisher, North Carolina, nke na-agbachitere Wilmington, North Carolina, ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ikpeazụ ndịda nwere. Ndị agha mmiri nke ndị agha mmiri nke ndị Confederate nọ n'osimiri ahụ nọgidere n'etiti Richmond, Virginia, na akara nke ihe mgbochi gafee James, na-eche ohere iji tinye aka na ibe ya na Union na ọnọdụ dị mma.