 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - North Star yakakweva vatsigiri vayo kuPort Royal, South Carolina, uko ngarava mbiri dzakasvika pana November 28, uye ipapo dzakapfuurira kuchamhembe dzoga. Cdr. Corbin akanga asingakwanisi kuronga kukweva kusvikira masikati aDecember 8 apo kutakura kweHondo Arago yakaita basa racho. Mamiriro okunze akaipa akavhiringidza ngarava dzose dziri mbiri sezvadzakanga dzichienda kuchamhembe, asi dzakasvika Hampton Roads dzakachengeteka manheru aDecember 12. Ikoko, Mukuru Mukuru Butler akarambidza tenzi weArago kupfuurira kukweva Augusta kuenda kuNew York, zvichida nemhaka yokuti akanzwa kuti aizodikanwa mukurwiswa kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika kweFort Fisher. Nenzira yakati, Cdr. Corbin akakwanisa kuronga kuti pave nengarava yakakweva ngarava yake kuenda kuBaltimore. Pashure pokunge asvika pakupedzisira pachiteshi ichocho, Augusta akabviswa basa pana 6 January 1865. 