Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E buliri ya n'ọkwá Lieutenant na February 1864, e kenyere ya ọrụ n'ụgbọ mmiri na-agba mmiri n'ime North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. N'ime
na mwakpo na Fort Fisher na Jenụwarị 14, 1865, Lieutenant Woodward nyere iwu otu ụlọ ọrụ nke ndị ikom 49 si "Minnesota", ma "na-akpa agwa n'atụghị egwu", Commodore Joseph Lanman, na-achịkwa Ngalaba nke Abụọ, North Atlantic Squadron gosipụtara omume ya dị ka "ihe kwesịrị ịja mma". O nyekwara "onye enyemaka dị ukwuu" Lieutenant Commander William B. Cushing, na-achịkwa, na ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri nke ụgbọ ahụ.