Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Shugaban Amurka, a madadin Majalisa, yana da farin cikin gabatar da lambar girmamawa ga Kyaftin na Forecastle John P. Erickson, Amurka Navy, don ba da gagarumar jaruntaka a cikin aiki yayin da yake aiki a kan jirgin ruwan USS Pontoosuc a lokacin kama Fort Fisher da Wilmington, North Carolina, 24 Disamba 1864, zuwa 22 Fabrairu 1865
Ka yi haƙuri. Yin aikinsa da aminci a duk wannan lokacin, Kyaftin na Forecastle Erickson ya ji rauni sosai a harin da aka kai wa Fort Fisher cewa an tura shi asibiti a Portsmouth, Virginia. An ba da shawarar Erickson don jaruntakarsa, ƙwarewa, da sanyi a cikin aikin yayin da yake ƙarƙashin harbin abokan gaba.