Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da yaƙin Disamba a kan Fort Fisher ya kasa, an cire Manjo Janar Benjamin Butler daga mukaminsa kuma an sanya Manjo Janar Alfred Terry a matsayin kwamandan don yin wani yunƙuri na ɗaukar Fort Fisher
makonni da yawa daga baya. Janar Terry ya zabi Porter ya sauko da sojojin. Sojojin ruwa na Union sun sauka, kuma sun yi yaƙi a bakin tekun. Sojoji sun shiga cikin Point-blank range, kuma an kama rairayin bakin teku da kuma gefen dama na sansanin soja ya fada cikin hannun Union. Sa'an nan kuma, bayan mummunan yakin basasa a gefen hagu, 'yan majalisa sun koma Fort Buchanan. Wannan sansanin kuma ya mika wuya kuma hanyar da ke kan Cape Fear River ta kasance a bude.