Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I hoki mai a "Pontoosuc" ki New York i te 30 o Akuhata 1864 a ka riro i a ia ngā mahi 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 i te whakaeke angitu i waenganui o Hanuere 1865.
He aha? 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.