ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Madaxweynaha Mareykanka, isagoo ku hadlaya magaca Kongareeska, wuxuu ku faraxsan yahay inuu ku gudoonsiiyo Bilada Sharafta Kabtanka Forecastle John P. Erickson, ee Ciidanka Badda Mareykanka, geesinimada aan caadiga ahayn ee ficilka inta uu ku shaqeynayo markabka USS Pontoosuc inta lagu gudajiray qabsashada Fort Fisher iyo Wilmington, North Carolina,
22ka Febraayo 1865. Isagoo si daacad ah u gudanaya waajibaadkiisa muddadan oo dhan, Kabtanka Forecastle Erickson ayaa si xun loogu dhaawacay weerarkii Fort Fisher oo loo diray isbitaalka Portsmouth, Virginia. Erickson waxaa lagu ammaanay geesinimadiisa, xirfadiisa, iyo qaboojintiisa ficilka inta uu ku hoos jiray rasaasta cadowga.