Ya kasance a cikin umurnin jirgin ruwa a lokacin hare-haren biyu a kan Fort Fisher a watan Disamba na 1864 da kuma
Janairu 1865. A cikin Real Admiral David Dixon Porter's, Rahoton zuwa Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka, wanda aka rubuta a ranar 28 ga Janairu, 1865, daga jirginsa na jirgin ruwa, a kan Cape Fear River, a cikin yabo ga jami'an da ke cikin umurninsa na Arewacin Atlantic Squadron, an rubuta wannan game da Melancton Smith: