Kammala wannan magana: "Juniata" ya ci gaba da tafiya a cikin West Indies da ke ba da jiragen ruwa na California zuwa ruwa mai lafiya da kuma lura da alamun jiragen ruwa na Confederate da kuma masu gujewa har sai ya tashi zuwa New York a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba, ya isa can 2 Disamba. A karkashin gyare-gyare a Philadelphia a farkon rabin 1864, "Juniata" ya tashi a ranar 12 ga Agusta don neman jirgin ruwa na Confederate "Tallahassee" ya ruwaito Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Kwana biyar bayan haka sai ya yi ruwa a Hampton Roads kuma ya shiga Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Ta yi aiki daga Hampton Roads har sai da ta yi tururi zuwa Wilmington a farkon watan Disamba a shirye-shiryen ayyukan da za a yi a kan wannan karfi mai karfi da kuma cibiyar rufewa. Ta kasance a cikin gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya a lokacin hare-haren farko a kan Fort Fisher, ta rufe batura na kudancin don samun matsayi don bombardment mai tasiri. Ta daring a kan wannan lokaci, wanda kudin ta biyu jami'an da uku maza kashe da kuma 11 maza suka ji rauni, aka sake nuna a lokacin
harin na biyu a kan Fort Fisher tsakanin 13 Janairu da 15 Janairu 1865. An kashe wasu biyar daga cikin mutanenta kuma 10 sun ji rauni a wannan harin wanda ya yi gwagwarmaya da Wilmington daga hannun Kudancin, yana rufe Kungiyar daga taimakon kasashen waje.