Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubudirira kukuru kwaTerry muhondo kwakauya paakaiswa somutungamiriri weFort Fisher Expeditionary Corps. Benjamin Butler akanga akambokundikana mukuenda kunorwisa Fort Fisher pakupera kwa 1864. Terry akanga awana chivimbo chaGeneral Ulysses S. Grant uye zvino akanga ari mutungamiriri wemauto epasi mukurwisa kwechipiri nhare. Kusiyana naButler, Terry akashanda zvakanaka neNavy achitungamirirwa naDavid D. Porter. Musi waJanuary 13, 1865, Terry akatumira boka reUnited States Colored Troops kuti rirambe riri kure nemauto eConfederate pasi paBraxton Bragg kuchamhembe kweFort Fisher. Akatuma rimwe divi rake raitungamirirwa naAdelbert Ames kurwisa chikamu chokuchamhembe cheimba yacho. Pashure pokurwisana, mauto eUnion akatora nhare yacho. Nokuda kwebasa rake muHondo yeFort Fisher
, Terry akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru wevazvipiri uye brigadier general muuto rehurumende. Kuwedzera kwakasvika munaFebruary uye John M. Schofield akasvika kuti atore kutungamira kwebasa rekurwisa Wilmington, North Carolina. Mushure mekudonha kweWilmington, Fort Fisher Expeditionary Corps yakatumidzwa zita rekuti X Corps, naTerry achiri kutungamira, uye vakatora chikamu mumatanho ekupedzisira eCarolinas Campaign. Iye anowanzonzi mumwe wavakuru vehondo vanokwanisa zvikurusa vasina rovedzo yapakuvamba yechiuto kubuda muhondo.