Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin Janairu 1865 "Peony", mai ba da umarnin Ensign John W. Bennett, ya shiga cikin kama Fort Fisher
a Kogin Cape Fear a Arewacin Carolina. Wannan sansanin, wanda yake a kan bakin bakin ƙasa a ƙofar Kogin Cape Fear, ya kasance muhimmiyar manufa ta farko a cikin shirin da za a rufe Wilmington, North Carolina, kawai tashar jiragen ruwa da ta rage daga wanda za a iya gudanar da aikin toshewa a kai a kai tare da kyakkyawan fata na nasara.