Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - USS "Saugus" wani nau'i ne mai mahimmanci wanda aka gina don Navy Navy a lokacin yakin basasa na Amurka. An sanya jirgin zuwa James River Flotilla na Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron bayan kammala shi a watan Afrilu 1864. Jirgin ya shafe mafi yawan lokutansa a kan kogin James inda zai iya tallafawa ayyukan da Richmond ya yi da kuma kare shi daga wani abu da 'yan bindigar' yan bindigar na James River Squadron suka yi. Ta yi amfani da batutuwan artillery na Confederate a cikin shekara kuma daga bisani ya shiga cikin hare-haren biyu a Fort Fisher.
, yana kare hanyoyin zuwa Wilmington, North Carolina, a watan Disamba 1864 zuwa Janairu 1865. "Saugus" ya koma Kogin James bayan kama Fort Fisher kuma ya kasance a can har sai Richmond, Virginia ya mallaki a farkon Afrilu.