Rakatangazve basa musi wa7 Gumiguru, ngarava yehondo iyi yakapiwa Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter's North Atlantic Blockading Squadron uye yakaenda kuWilmington, North Carolina kusvika muna Zvita. Ipapo akabatana nevamwe vose vechikwata pakurwiswa kweFort Fisher musi wa 24-25 December, achipfura mabhomba anopfuura 500 mukuputika kwechisimba. "Mohican" yakatangazve kuvhara, zvino paBeaufort, North Carolina, kusvikira kurwisa kwechipiri paFort Fisher
kubva pana 13 kusvika pana 15 January 1865. Sechikamu chemutsara wokutanga wehondo, iyo sloop yakarova nhare yeConfederate mukati memazuva matatu ekurwisa, ichipa moto wekuvhara kwekumhara pazuva rechipiri nerechitatu kusvikira nhare yatorwa musi wa15. Mukati mokurwisana, "Mohican" yakarasikirwa nomunhu mumwe akaurawa uye 10 vakakuvadzwa.