Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Turner aiva mufundisi kwemakore maviri. Achangobva kuenda kubasa, akabatwa nechirwere chemabayo uye akapedza mwedzi yakawanda ari muchipatara achipora. Akadzokera kukambani yake muna May 1864, nguva pfupi vasati vapinda muhondo yavo yokutanga, Hondo yeWilson's Wharf paRwizi rwaJames. Kubva muna May kusvika muna December, boka rake rakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakapoteredza Petersburg neRichmond, Virginia. Pakupera kwegore racho, vakarwa muhondo huru yezvikepe zvinokambaira
kurwisa Fort Fisher.