Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Howlgallada ka haray xeebta Waqooyiga Carolina waxay bilaabmeen dabayaaqadii 1864, iyadoo Benjamin Butler iyo David D. Porter ay isku dayeen inay qabsadaan Fort Fisher, oo ilaalinayay dekedda Wilmington. Ciidamada Midowga Yurub ee
Dagaalkii labaad ee Fort Fisher, oo ay hogaaminayeen Alfred H. Terry, Adelbert Ames, iyo Porter, bishii Janaayo 1865, waxay ku guuleysteen inay ka adkaadaan Gen. Braxton Bragg, Wilmingtonna waxay dhacday bishii Febraayo. Intii lagu jiray muddadan, ciidammadii Tiyaatarka Galbeedka ee Major General William T. Sherman waxay ku sii socdeen gudaha Carolinas, halkaas oo ay ugu dambeyntii ku qasbeen inay ku soo dhiibaan ciidankii ugu weynaa ee Confederate ee haray, oo uu hoggaaminayay Joseph E. Johnston, Abriil 26, 1865.