Ku sii qor faqradan - Grant wuxuu Butler ku wargeliyay dib u soo noqoshadiisa Janaayo 8, 1865, wuxuuna u magacaabay Major General Edward OC Ord inuu ku bedelo taliyaha Ciidanka James. Halkii uu uga warbixin lahaa Lowell, Butler wuxuu aaday Washington, halkaas oo uu u adeegsaday xiriirkiisa siyaasadeed ee la taaban karo si uu u helo dhageysiga hortiisa Guddiga Wadajirka ah ee Kongareeska ee ku saabsan Qaabka Dagaalka badhtamihii Janaayo. Butler ayaa dhageysigiisa ku soo koobay difaaciisa ficilladiisa Fort Fisher. Wuxuu soo bandhigay jaantusyo iyo nuqullo ka mid ah warbixinnada ay soo gudbiyeen howlwadeenada si uu u caddeeyo inuu xaq u lahaa inuu joojiyo weerarkii uu ku qaaday Fort Fisher, inkastoo General Grant uu ku amray taas lidkeeda. Butler wuxuu sheegay in qalcadda aan la gali karin. Waxa uu aad uga xishooday in ciidamo kale oo uu hoggaaminayay Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry iyo Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames (wiilka Butler ee mustaqbalka) ay qabsadeen qalcadda
January 15keedii, warka guushaan waxaa la gaaray intii lagu guda jiray dhageysiga gudiga; Butler xirfadiisa ciidan waa ay dhamaatay. Waxaa si rasmi ah loo haystay ilaa Nofeembar 1865 iyadoo fikradda ah inuu u dhaqmo sida xeer ilaaliyaha militariga ee Madaxweynaha Confederate Jefferson Davis.