Nokusakwanisa kwokutanga kurwisa mabasa eConfederate, zvirongwa zvakarongwa nokuda kwokumwe kurwisa, panguva ino kubatanidza simba rokumhara ravafambisi vengarava navafambisi vengarava kuti varwise nzvimbo yegungwa yechivako. Pakurwiswa kwechipiri uku
musi wa15 Ndira 1865, "Gettysburg" zvakare yakabata nhare mukuputika kwekutanga, uye yakapa chikwata chevafambisi vengarava pasi paLt. Roswell Lamson nevamwe vakuru vakuru mukurwiswa, kwakamiswa pasi pemasvingo eFort Fisher. Lamson neboka revakuru nevarume vakamanikidzwa kupedza usiku hwose vari mugomba pasi pezvombo zveConfederate vasati vakwanisa kutiza. Kunyange zvazvo vakakundikana kutora nzvimbo yegungwa yeFort Fisher, kurwiswa neNavy kwakatsausa zvakakwana zvevadziviriri kuti vaite kuti kurwisa kweHondo kubudirire. "Gettysburg" yakatambura varume vaviri vakaurawa navatanhatu vakakuvadzwa mukurwiswa.