Dhameystir weedha soo socota: guushii ugu weyneyd ee Terry uu gaaray dagaalka ayaa timid markii loo magacaabay Taliyaha Ciidanka Fort Fisher Expeditionary. Benjamin Butler wuxuu horey ugu guuldareystay duulaankii Fort Fisher dhamaadkii 1864. Terry wuxuu helay kalsoonidii General Ulysses S. Grant wuxuuna haatan ahaa taliyaha ciidamada dhulka ee duulaankii labaad ee ka dhanka ahaa qalcadda. Si ka duwan Butler, Terry wuxuu si fiican ula shaqeeyay ciidamada badda oo uu hoggaaminayay David D. Porter. 13-kii Janaayo, 1865, Terry wuxuu u diray qeyb ka mid ah Ciidamada Midabada Mareykanka inay ka hortagaan ciidamada isbahaysiga ee Braxton Bragg waqooyiga Fort Fisher. Wuxuu u diray qeybtiisii kale ee uu hogaaminayay Adelbert Ames qaybta waqooyi ee qalcadda. Kadib dagaal gacan ka hadal ah, ciidamada Midowga waxay la wareegeen gacan ku haynta qalcadda. Qaybtii uu ka qaatay
Dagaalkii Fort Fisher, Terry waxaa loo dalacsiiyay sarkaal sare oo iskaa wax u qabso ah iyo sarkaal guuto oo ka tirsan ciidanka caadiga ah. Ciidamada xoojinta ayaa yimid bishii Febraayo waxaana John M. Schofield uu yimid si uu u qabto taliska guud ee ololaha ka dhanka ah Wilmington, North Carolina. Ka dib dhicitaankii Wilmington, Fort Fisher Expeditionary Corps waxaa loogu magac daray X Corps, Terry ayaa ku sii jiray amarka, wuxuuna ka qeyb qaatay marxaladaha ugu dambeeya ee Ololaha Carolinas. Waxaa guud ahaan loo tixgeliyaa inuu yahay mid ka mid ah jeneraalada ugu karti badan oo aan horey u lahayn tababar ciidan oo ka soo baxa dagaalka.