Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin aikin soja, "Gettysburg" ya yi aiki tare da Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron, ya shiga cikin duka na farko da na biyu
na biyu hare-hare a kan Fort Fisher, ya taimaka wajen shimfiɗa igiyoyin telegraph tsakanin Key West da Havana kuma ya gudanar da binciken binciken na Caribbean da Bahar Rum.