Buuxi weedha soo socota: Dib ayaa loo soo celiyey 20kii Luulyo 1864, "Susquehanna" waxaa loo qoondeeyay Waqooyiga Atlantic Blockading Squadron waxayna ka qeyb qaadatay weeraradii fashilmay ee Fort Fisher, North Carolina, Christmas Eve 1864. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, badhtamihii Febraayo 1865, dhamaadka laba geesoodka ahaa ee ciidanka xooggan oo ugu dambeyntii
waxay qabsadeen saldhigga Confederate-ka waxayna xireen Wilmington, Waqooyiga Carolina, dekeddii ugu danbeysay ee weyn ee Confederate States of America. Waqtigaas, waxay hoos imaan jirtay amarkii Admiral Sylvanus William Godon. Mid ka mid ah shaqaalaheeda, Landman Henry S. Webster, ayaa lagu abaalmariyay Billada Sharafta ee ficilladiisa Dagaalkii Labaad ee Fort Fisher.