Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: yakanga iri ngarava yakavakirwa mauto eUnion munguva yeHondo Yenyika yeAmerica. Ngarava yacho yakapiwa kuJames River Flotilla yeNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron pakapera muna September 1864. Ngarava yakapedza yakawanda yenguva yayo yakamira muRwizi rwaJames kwaaigona kutsigira mashandiro kurwisa Richmond uye kudzivirira pakurwiswa neConfederate ironclads yeJames River Squadron. Akapikisana nemabhatiri eConfederate artillery mukati megore uye akazotora chikamu mune zvose zviri zviviri zveFirst uye Second World Wars.
hondo yechipiri yeFort Fisher, ichidzivirira nzira dzekuenda kuWilmington, North Carolina, muna Zvita 1864 <unk> Ndira 1865. "Mahopac" akadzokera kuRwizi rwaJames mushure mokubatwa kweFort Fisher uye akaramba aripo kusvikira Richmond, Virginia yabatwa mukuvamba kwaApril.