Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ci gaba da zama Laftanar a watan Fabrairun 1864, an sanya shi zuwa jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa a cikin Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron. A cikin
a kan Fort Fisher a ranar 14 ga Janairu, 1865, Lieutenant Woodward ya umurci wani kamfani na maza 49 daga "Minnesota", kuma "ya yi ƙarfin hali", kuma Commodore Joseph Lanman, wanda ke jagorantar Division na biyu, Arewacin Atlantic Squadron, ya wakilci halinsa a matsayin "mai yabo sosai". Har ila yau, "ya taimaka sosai" Lieutenant Commander William B. Cushing, ya umurci, tare da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa.