Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O nyere iwu ka ọ bụrụ onye na-agba ụgbọ mmiri na North Atlantic Blockading Squadron na 1864<unk>65, na nkewa nke Admiral Porter's Squadron na agha abụọ nke Fort Fisher na December 1864 na
Jenụwarị 1865. Mgbe ahụ, a họpụtara Thatcher ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị Western Gulf Squadron, ozugbo ọ malitere ọrụ na mmekorita ya na General Canby, onye isi ndị agha nke West Mississippi, na njide nke Mobile, Alabama. Mgbe obere mwakpo siri ike, ndị agha Union weghaara Spanish Fort na Fort Blakeley na 9 Eprel 1865. Ebe isi ihe nchebe obodo ahụ furu efu, ndị agha Confederate hapụrụ Mobile na Eprel 12. General Granger na Acting-Rear Admiral Thatcher chọrọ ka ha nyefee onwe ha n'ụzọ iwu, ma weghara obodo ahụ.