Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I tukuna ano 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 mutunga takirua i roto i te kaha kaha i hopukina ai taua pa kaha o te Rōpū
Ka kati hoki a Wilmington, North Carolina, te tauranga nui whakamutunga o nga Whenua 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.