Buuxi weedha soo socota: Doonta cusub ee qoryaha leh waxay ka baxday Boston 5-tii Febraayo waxayna ku biirtay Waqooyiga Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Waxay qabsatay Markabkii Britishka ee "Don" oo ka baxsan Beaufort, North Carolina, 4tii Maarso, waxayna ka caawisay Ciidanka inay ka hortagaan weerarkii Confederate ee Wilson's Wharf, James River, Virginia, 24kii Maajo. Waxay qabsatay shaqooyinka go'doominta ilaa ay ka qeyb qaadatay dagaalkii ugu horeeyay iyo
Dagaalkii labaad ee Fort Fisher kaas oo difaacay Wilmington, North Carolina, 24 Febraayo 1864 iyo 13 Janaayo 1865, xiritaanka dekeddii ugu dambeysay ee Confederate. Guushaan kadib waxay gacan ka geysatay qabsashada Fort Anderson, North Carolina.