Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: "I hoki a Pontoosuc ki New York i te 30 o Akuhata 1864 me te mahi i nga mahi o te kaitiaki. I waenganui o Tihema, ka hoki ano ia ki nga mahi aukati, mai i Wilmington. I te 24 me te 25 o Tihema i uru ia ki te whakaeke ki Fort Fisher, ka hoki mai ki te patu i te Fort ano i te raumati.
he whakaeke angitu i waenganui o Hānuere 1865. I te marama o Hui-tanguru ka neke atu ia ki te awa o Cape Fear mo nga mahi ki a Fort Anderson. Whai muri i te hinganga o Wilmington ka tiimata ano ia ki te haerere i te takutai. E whitu o nga kaipuke o "Pontoosuc" i whiwhi i te Tohu Whakahonore mo a raatau mahi i tenei pakanga: Cabin Boy John Anglin, Coxswain Asa Betham, Boatswain's Mate Robert M. Blair, Kapene o te Forecastle John P. Erickson, Landsman George W. McWilliams, Chief Quartermaster James W. Verney, me Sailmaker's Mate Anthony Williams.