Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Boka rake rakava rutivi rwekurwisa Fort Fisher muna December 1864. Boka raCurtis raiva pakati pemasoja mashomanene akaenda kumhenderekedzo yegungwa asi kurwisa kwokutanga Fort Fisher kwakakundwa. Akatora rutivi mukurwisa kwechipiri
muna January 1865, umo brigade rake rakaita basa rinokosha mukukunda kweUnion. Mukati mokurwisana zano rokudzika misasa rakasvika kuna Curtis. Akatsamwa ndokubata mapadza akati wandei ndokuakandira pamusoro pemuti wacho achishevedzera kuti "Chera maJohnnies! Ndiri kuuya kuzokutora!" Curtis akaita zvaakanga avimbisa ndokuenderera mberi nokurwisa. Akakuvadzwa ari pamusoro peboka rake uye akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa kuzere kune brigadier general wevanozvipira uye akagamuchirawo Medal of Honor. Akaramba ari muuto kusvikira muna January 1866, achigamuchira chikwereti kune mukuru mukuru wevazvipiri musi waMarch 13, 1865.