Pakati pemabasa ake muna 1864 munharaunda iyi paive nekubatwa kwe "Pet" 11 Kukadzi; kuparadzwa kwe blockade inomhanya steamer "Njiva" 7 Chikumi; kubatwa kwe "Bendigo", yakadzika paWilmington Bar 13 Chikumi; uye kubatwa kwe "Bat" kure neWestern Bar 11 Gumiguru. Dzimwe ngarava dzakanga dzakapoteredzwa dzakabatsira mukubatwa kwacho. Muna December naJanuary akabatanidzwa mukurwisa uye kutora Fort Fisher
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