Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Boka rake rakava rutivi rworwendo rwokurwisa Fort Fisher muna December 1864. Boka raCurtis raiva pakati pemasoja mashomanene akaenda kumhenderekedzo yegungwa asi kurwisa kwokutanga Fort Fisher kwakakundwa. Akatora rutivi mu
kurwisa kwechipiri muna Ndira 1865, uko brigade yake yakaita basa guru 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.