Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I wehe atu te kaipuke hou i Boston i te 5 o Hui-tanguru, ā, i uru atu ki te North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. I hopukina e ia te kaipuke aukati a Ingarangi a "Don" mai i Beaufort, North Carolina, i te 4 o Poutu-te-rangi, ana i awhina i te ope taua ki te patu i te whakaeke a te Confederate ki Wilson's Wharf, James River, Virginia, i te 24 o Mei. I noho ia ki te mahi poraka tae noa ki tana whai wāhi ki te tuatahi me te tuarua
Ko nga pakanga i Fort Fisher i tiakina ai a Wilmington, North Carolina, i te 24 o Hui-tanguru 1864 me te 13 o Hanuere 1865, ka kati i taua tauranga nui o te Rōpū. I whai ake i tenei wikitoria ma te awhina ki te hopu i a Fort Anderson, North Carolina.