"Juniata" yakaramba ichifamba muWest Indies ichiendesa ngarava dzaienda kuCalifornia kumvura dzakachengeteka uye ichinyatsocherechedza zviratidzo zveConfederate cruisers uye blockade runners kusvikira yaenda kuNew York musi wa24 November, ichisvika ikoko musi wa2 December. Pasi pokugadziriswa paPhiladelphia mukati mehafu yekutanga ya1864, "Juniata" yakabva musi wa12 Nyamavhuvhu ichitsvaka Confederate cruiser "Tallahassee" yakashuma kubva kuSandy Hook, New Jersey. Mazuva mashanu gare gare yakasvika paHampton Roads ndokubatanidzwa neNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Yakashanda kunze kweHampton Roads kusvikira ichienda kuWilmington kutanga kwaDecember mukugadzirira kwemaitiro anouya ekurwisa iyo nhare ine simba uye blockade inomhanya nzvimbo. Akanga ari pakati pokurwa pakurwiswa kwokutanga paFort Fisher, achivhara mabhatiri okuSouth kuti awane nzvimbo yekurwisa mabhomba. Kushinga kwake pachiitiko ichi, icho chakaita kuti mapurisa ake maviri nevarume vatatu vaurayiwe uye varume gumi nevaviri vakuvadzwa, chakaratidzwa zvakare panguva yekurwiswa kwechipiri paFort Fisher
pakati pa13 January na15 January 1865. Vamwe vashanu vevarume vake vakaurawa uye gumi vakakuvadzwa mukurwiswa uku uko kwakarwira Wilmington kubva mumaoko eSouthern, kuchivhara Confederacy kubva kubetsero inoshanda yekune dzimwe nyika.