Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te mahi tino whakaongaonga a "Alpha" i puta i te mutunga o Hānuere 1865, i te wā i mawehe atu ai te nuinga o ngā kaipuke whawhai o te Kotahitanga i te James ki te whai wāhi ki te whakaeke i Fort Fisher
Ko North Carolina, i tiakina ai a Wilmington, North Carolina, te tauranga tuwhera whakamutunga o te Tonga. I noho tonu te kapa o te Navy o te Rōpū i runga i taua awa i waenganui o Richmond, Virginia, me te raina o nga aukati puta noa i te James, e tatari ana ki te whai waahi ki te whakaeke i tana hoa o te Uniana i runga i nga tikanga pai.