 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - yakanga yakavakirwa Union Navy mukati meAmerican Civil War. Ngarava yacho yakapiwa kuJames River Flotilla yeNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron pakapera muna September 1864. Ngarava yakapedza yakawanda yenguva yayo yakamira muRwizi rwaJames kwaaigona kutsigira mashandiro kurwisa Richmond uye kudzivirira pakurwiswa neConfederate ironclads yeJames River Squadron. Yakarwisa mabhatiri eConfederate mukati megore uye gare gare yakabatanidzwa muzvose zviri zviviri zveFirstuye hondo dzechipiri dzeFort Fisher, dzichidzivirira nzira dzekuenda kuWilmington, North Carolina, muna Zvita 1864 Ndira 1865. Mahopac akadzokera kuRwizi rwaJames mushure mokubatwa kweFort Fisher uye akaramba aripo kusvikira Richmond, Virginia yabatwa mukuvamba kwaApril. 