Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1864-65 ya umurci jirgin ruwa na Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron. "Sassacus" ya kori jirgin ruwa daga Norfolk zuwa Fort Fisher a watan Disamba, kuma ya shiga cikin yakin farko da na biyu
na Fort Fisher a watan Disamba 1864 da Janairu 1865. Davis ya kuma shiga cikin hare-haren Fort Anderson a kan Cape Fear River a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu; da kuma Fort Strong a ranar 20 da 21 ga Fabrairu. An buga jirginsa a karkashin ruwa, amma an kiyaye shi har sai da dare, sa'an nan kuma ya tsaya.