Dib ayaa loo hawlgaliyay 7 Oktoobar, markabkii dagaalka waxaa loo qoondeeyay Admiral Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter ee Waqooyiga Atlantic Blockading Squadron oo ka soo baxay Wilmington, Waqooyiga Carolina ilaa Diseembar. Kadib waxay ku biirtay inta kale ee dufcaddii weerarkii Fort Fisher 24-25kii Diseembar, waxayna ku ridday in ka badan 500 oo madaafiic duqeyn ah duqeynta ba'an. "Mohican" waxay dib u bilawday go'doominteeda, hadda waxay ka baxday Beaufort, North Carolina, ilaa weerarkii labaad ee Fort Fisher
laga bilaabo 13-15 Janaayo 1865. Iyada oo qayb ka ah safka ugu horreeya ee dagaalka, doonta ayaa duqeyneysa qalcadda Confederate inta lagu gudajiray ololaha saddexda maalmood ah, iyadoo siineysa dab daboolaya soo degitaanka maalinta labaad iyo saddexaad illaa qalcaddii la qabsaday 15-kii. Intii lagu guda jiray dagaalka, "Mohican" waxaa ku dhintay hal nin halka 10 kalena ay ku dhaawacmeen.