Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: O paṣẹ fun ọkọ oju-omi ti o wa ni ọkọ oju omi ti o wa ni North Atlantic Blockading Squadron ni 1864<unk>65, ati ẹka kan ti Admiral Porter's Squadron ni awọn ogun meji ti Fort Fisher ni Oṣu kejila ọdun 1864 ati
January ọdún 1865. Thatcher ni wọn si yan lati ṣe olori ti Western Gulf Squadron, lẹsẹkẹsẹ bẹrẹ awọn iṣẹ ni ifowosowopo pẹlu Gbogbogbo Canby, olori ti Ogun Oorun Mississippi, ni gbigba Mobile, Alabama. Lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n ṣe ìbúgbàù ṣókí tí wọ́n sì fi agbára ṣe é, àwọn ọmọ ogun Union gba Spanish Fort àti Fort Blakeley ní 9 April 1865. Pẹlu awọn olodi pataki ti ilu ti sọnu, awọn ọmọ ogun Confederate yọ Mobile kuro ni Oṣu Kẹrin Ọjọ 12. Awon olori ologun ti won je General Granger ati Igbakeji-Admiral Thatcher beere fun iforuko osise, ti won si gba ilu naa.