Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Yakagadziriswazve musi wa7 Gumiguru, ngarava yehondo yakapiwa Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter's North Atlantic Blockading Squadron uye yakafamba kubva kuWilmington, North Carolina kusvika muna Zvita. Ipapo akabatana nevamwe vose vechikwata pakurwiswa kweFort Fisher musi wa 24-25 December, achipfura mabhomba anopfuura 500 mukuputika kwechisimba. "Mohican" yakatangazve kuvhara kwayo, zvino kure neBeaufort, North Carolina, kusvikira
kurwisa kwechipiri paFort Fisher kubva musi wa13 kusvika 15 Ndira 1865. Sechikamu chemutsara wokutanga wehondo, iyo sloop yakarova nhare yeConfederate mukati memazuva matatu ekurwisa, ichipa moto wekuvhara kwekumhara pazuva rechipiri nerechitatu kusvikira nhare yatorwa musi wa15. Mukati mokurwisana, "Mohican" yakarasikirwa nomunhu mumwe akaurawa uye 10 vakakuvadzwa.