Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Intii lagu jiray go'doominta Petersburg, wuxuu amar ku bixiyay Guutada 2aad, Qaybta 1aad, X Corps ee Beerta Chaffin iyo ficillada dambe ee Darbytown iyo Wadooyinka Suuqa Cusub. Ciidanka James ayaa markaa dib loo abaabulay oo taliskiisu wuxuu noqday guutada 2aad, qeybta 2aad, XXIV Corps oo ku lifaaqan Fort Fisher Expeditionary Corps oo hoos yimaada Brig. General Alfred H. Terry oo ka qayb qaatay
Dagaalkii labaad ee ka dhacay Fort Fisher iyo qabsashadii Wilmington. In kasta oo Abbott aan loo magacaabin sarkaal buuxa, heer sare ah, Janaayo 25, 1865, Madaxweyne Abraham Lincoln wuxuu u magacaabay Abbott inuu u magacaabo darajada brigadier general ee mutadawiciinta, si uu u qiimeeyo laga bilaabo Janaayo 15, 1865 adeegyada geesinimada leh ee qabsashada Fort Fisher iyo Senate-ka Mareykanka ayaa xaqiijiyay abaalmarinta Febraayo 14, 1865. Intii lagu guda jiray marxaladihii ugu dambeeyay ee dagaalka, wuxuu ku sugnaa Wilmington, North Carolina.