Dib u qor faqradan - Waxaa dib loo soo celiyay 20kii Luulyo 1864, "Susquehanna" waxaa loo qoondeeyay Waqooyiga Atlantic Blockading Squadron waxayna ka qeyb qaadatay weeraradii fashilmay ee Fort Fisher, North Carolina, Christmas Eve 1864. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, badhtamihii Febraayo 1865, waxaa jiray laba geesood oo ka tirsan ciidankii xoogga badnaa ee ugu danbeyntii qabsaday qalcadda Confederate-ka
waxayna xireen Wilmington, Waqooyiga Carolina, dekeddii ugu dambeysay ee ugu weyneyd Mareykanka. Waqtigaas, waxay hoos imaan jirtay amarkii Admiral Sylvanus William Godon. Mid ka mid ah shaqaalaheeda, Landman Henry S. Webster, ayaa lagu abaalmariyay Billada Sharafta ee ficilladiisa Dagaalkii Labaad ee Fort Fisher.