Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Nereus" ya kasance a cikin ruwan Carolina ta Arewa har sai Rear Admiral Porter ya kaddamar da nasararsa a kan Fort Fisher
a ranar 13 ga watan Janairun 1865. A cikin gwagwarmayar kwana uku, misali na yau da kullun na haɗin gwiwar Sojojin Ruwa da Sojojin Ruwa, Sojojin Tarayyar, ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa, da sojan ruwa, waɗanda ke da goyan bayan mummunan wuta daga jiragen ruwan Porter, sun mamaye tsaron Wilmington, suna rufe mahimmin tashar jiragen ruwa na Confederate. An ba wa ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa na "Nereus" Thomas Kane lambar yabo ta girmamawa don ƙarfin hali a cikin wannan aikin.