Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Grant akaudza Butler nezvekudzoswa kwake musi waJanuary 8, 1865, uye akadana Major General Edward O. C. Ord kuti amutsive semutungamiri weHondo yaJames. Panzvimbo pokutaura naLowell, Butler akaenda kuWashington, kwaakashandisa kubatana kwake kukuru kwezvematongerwe enyika kuti awane kunzwa pamberi peJoint Congressional Committee pamusoro peMufambiro weHondo pakati paJanuary. Pakunzwa kwake Butler akaisa ngwariro yake pakudzivirira kwake pane zvaakaita paFort Fisher. Akabudisa machati uye makopi emishumo yevaranda vake kuti aratidze kuti akanga akarurama kurega kurwisa kwake Fort Fisher, pasinei nemirairo yaGeneral Grant yakasiyana. Butler akataura kuti nhare yacho yakanga isingakundiki. Kumuvhiringidza kwake, chikwata chinotevera chinotungamirirwa naMaj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry naBrig. Gen. Adelbert Ames (mukuwasha waButler womunguva yemberi)
vakatora nhare pana January 15, uye mashoko orukundo urwu akasvika mukati mekunzwa kwekomiti; basa raButler rehondo rakanga rapera. Akachengetwa zviri pamutemo kusvikira munaNovember 1865 nepfungwa yokuti aigona kushanda semupomeri wemauto weMutungamiri weConfederate Jefferson Davis.