Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradahan-- waxaa loo dhisay ciidamada badda ee Midowga intii lagu jiray dagaalkii sokeeye ee Maraykanka. Markabka waxaa loo qoondeeyay James River Flotilla ee Waqooyiga Atlantic Blockading Squadron markii la dhameystiray bishii Sebtember 1864. Markabka ayaa inta badan waqtigiisa ku qaatay wabiga James River halkaas oo ay ku taageeri karto howlgallada ka dhanka ah Richmond iyo difaaca ka dhanka ah duullaanka ay ku qaadeen maraakiibta Confederate ee ka tirsan James River Squadron. Waxay la dagaallameysay duqeymaha hubka dagaalka ee Confederate sanadka gudihiisa, kadibna waxay ka qeyb qaadatay labada dagaal ee koowaad iyo labaad.
Dagaalkii Fort Fisher, oo difaacayay marinkii Wilmington, North Carolina, bishii Diseembar 1864 <unk> Janaayo 1865. "Mahopac" wuxuu ku soo laabtay wabiga James kadib qabsashadii Fort Fisher wuxuuna halkaas ku hadhay ilaa Richmond, Virginia la qabsaday horraantii Abriil.