Kammala wannan magana: A lokacin yakin basasa, tashar jiragen ruwa ta kasance babbar tushe ga Confederate da masu zaman kansu masu kewaye da su, waɗanda suka kawo kayan da ake bukata daga Ingila. Union ta kafa wani shinge don rage kayayyakin da Kudancin ya karɓa. Birnin ya kama sojojin Union a yakin Wilmington a watan Fabrairun 1865, kimanin wata daya bayan faduwar Wilmington.
Fort Fisher ya rufe tashar jiragen ruwa. Kamar yadda kusan dukkanin ayyukan soja suka faru a wani nesa daga birnin, gidaje da yawa da wasu gine-gine sun tsira daga shekarun yaki.