Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akatungamira ngarava yechikepe muNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron muna 1864<unk>65, uye chikamu cheAdmiral Porter's Squadron muhondo mbiri dzeFort Fisher muna December 1864 uye
Ndira 1865. Thatcher akabva agadzwa kuva mukuru weWestern Gulf Squadron, achibva atanga kushanda pamwe chete naGeneral Canby, mukuru wemauto eWest Mississippi, mukutora Mobile, Alabama. Pashure pokurwiswa kwenguva pfupi uye nesimba, Spanish Fort neFort Blakeley dzakatorwa neUnion Army musi wa9 April 1865. Nokurasikirwa nokudzivirirwa kukuru kweguta racho, mauto eConfederate akabvisa Mobile musi waApril 12. Kuzviisa pasi kwakarongwa kwakakumbirwa naGeneral Granger naActing-Rear Admiral Thatcher, uye guta rakatorwa.