Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahoutia i te 20 o Hurae 1864, i tukuna a "Susquehanna" ki te North Atlantic Blockading Squadron ka uru ki nga whakaeke i Fort Fisher, North Carolina, i te po o te Kirihimete 1864. Heoi, i waenganui o Hui-tanguru 1865, ko te rua-mutunga i roto i te kaha nui e te mutunga
I riro i a ia taua pā kaha o te Rōpū, ā, i kati a Wilmington, North Carolina, te tauranga nui whakamutunga o te Rōpū o Amerika. I taua wa, i raro ia i te whakahau a Rear Admiral Sylvanus William Godon. Ko tetahi o ana kaimahi, ko Landsman Henry S. Webster, i whakawhiwhia ki te Tohu Whakahonore mo ana mahi i te Pakanga Tuarua o Fort Fisher.