 Rakatangazve basa musi wa7 Gumiguru, ngarava yehondo iyi yakapiwa Rear Admiral David Dixon Porters North Atlantic Blockading Squadron uye yakaenda kuWilmington, North Carolina kusvika muna Zvita. Akabva abatana nevamwe vose vaiva muchikwata chacho pakurwisa Fort Fishermusi wa24 na25 December, vachipfura mabhomba anopfuura 500 mukupfura kukuru. Mohican yakatangazve kuvhara, zvino kubva kuBeaufort, North Carolina, kusvikira kurwisa kwechipiri paFort Fisher kubva 13 kusvika 15 January 1865. Sechikamu chemutsara wokutanga wehondo, iyo sloop yakarova nhare yeConfederate mukati memazuva matatu ekurwisa, ichipa moto wekuvhara kwekumhara pazuva rechipiri nerechitatu kusvikira nhare yatorwa musi wa15. Mukati mokurwisana, Mohican yakarasikirwa nomunhu mumwe akaurawa uye 10 vakakuvadzwa. 