Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te mahi tino whakaongaonga a "Alpha" i puta i te mutunga o Hanuere 1865, i te wa i wehe atu ai te nuinga o nga kaipuke whawhai a te Uniana kaha ake i te James ki te uru atu ki te pakanga
whakaeke i Fort Fisher, 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.