Ku qor sii socodka faqradan - USS "Saugus" waxay ahayd hal-turjeed oo loo dhisay Ciidanka Badda ee Midowga intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Mareykanka. Markabka waxaa loo qoondeeyay James River Flotilla ee Waqooyiga Atlantic Blockading Squadron markii la dhameystiray bishii Abriil 1864. Markabka ayaa inta badan waqtigiisa ku qaatay wabiga James halkaas oo ay ku taageeri karto howlgallada ka dhanka ah Richmond iyo difaaca ka dhanka ah duulaan ay ku qaadeen maraakiibta Confederate ee ka tirsan James River Squadron. Waxay la dagaalantay duqeymaha ciidamada gumaysiga sanadka gudihiisa, waxayna markii dambe ka qeyb qaadatay labada weerar ee Fort Fisher
, oo difaacaya soo dhawaanshaha Wilmington, North Carolina, bishii Diseembar 1864 <unk> Janaayo 1865. "Saugus" waxay ku soo laabatay wabiga James kadib qabsashadii Fort Fisher waxayna halkaas ku sii jirtay ilaa Richmond, Virginia la qabsaday horraantii Abriil.