Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Juniata" yakaramba ichifamba muWest Indies ichitakura ngarava dzakananga kuCalifornia kuenda kumvura dzakachengeteka uye ichinyatsocherechedza zviratidzo zveConfederate cruisers uye blockade runners kusvikira yaenda kuNew York musi waNovember 24, ichisvika ikoko musi waDecember 2. Pasi pokugadziriswa paPhiladelphia mukati mehafu yekutanga ya1864, "Juniata" yakabva musi wa12 Nyamavhuvhu ichitsvaka Confederate cruiser "Tallahassee" yakashuma kubva kuSandy Hook, New Jersey. Mazuva mashanu gare gare yakasvika paHampton Roads ndokubatanidzwa neNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Yakashanda kunze kweHampton Roads kusvikira ichienda kuWilmington kutanga kwaDecember mukugadzirira kwemaitiro anouya ekurwisa iyo nhare ine simba uye blockade inomhanya nzvimbo. Akanga ari pakati pokurwa pakurwiswa kwokutanga paFort Fisher, achivhara mabhatiri okuSouth kuti awane nzvimbo yekurwisa mabhomba. Kushinga kwake panhambo iyi, uko kwakamutorera mapurisa maviri nevarume vatatu vakaurawa uye varume 11 vakakuvadzwa, kwakaratidzwazve mukati me
kurwisa kwechipiri paFort Fisher pakati pa 13 Ndira na 15 Ndira 1865. Vamwe vashanu vevarume vake vakaurawa uye gumi vakakuvadzwa mukurwiswa uku uko kwakarwira Wilmington kubva mumaoko eSouthern, kuchivhara Confederacy kubva kubetsero inoshanda yekune dzimwe nyika.