Buuxi weedha soo socota: "Juniata" waxay sii waday inay ku safraan Galbeedka Hindiya iyagoo u kaxaynaya maraakiibta California ku sii jeeda biyaha aaminka ah isla markaana si taxaddar leh u daawanaya calaamadaha maraakiibta Confederate-ka iyo rakaabka go'doominta ilaa ay u ambabaxday New York 24-kii Nofembar, halkaas oo ay timid 2-dii Diseembar. Intii lagu guda jiray dayactirka Philadelphia qeybtii hore ee 1864, "Juniata" waxay ka baxday 12kii Ogosto si ay u raadsato maraakiibta Confederate "Tallahassee" oo laga soo sheegay Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Shan maalmood ka dib waxay ku degtay Hampton Roads waxayna ku biirtay Waqooyiga Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Waxay ka howlgashay Hampton Roads ilaa ay u ambabaxday Wilmington horraantii Diseembar si ay ugu diyaar garowdo howlgallada weerarka ee soo socda ee ka dhanka ah qalcadda awoodda badan iyo xarunta xannibaadda. Waxay ku jirtay dagaalkii ugu horreeyay ee lagu qaaday Fort Fisher, iyada oo xirtay baytariyada Koonfureed si ay u helaan meel loogu talagalay duqeyn wax ku ool ah. Halgankii ay ku qaadday munaasabadan, oo ay ku dhinteen laba sarkaal iyo saddex nin iyo 11 nin oo dhaawac ah, ayaa mar kale la soo bandhigay intii lagu jiray
weerarkii labaad ee Fort Fisher intii u dhaxeysay 13kii Janaayo iyo 15kii Janaayo 1865. Shan kale oo ka mid ah raggeeda ayaa la dilay 10 kalena waa la dhaawacay weerarkaas oo Wilmington ka qabsaday gacmaha Koonfurta, isagoo ka xiray isbaheysiga gargaarka dibada ee wax ku oolka ah.