 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 yacho yakapedza nguva yayo yakawanda yakamira muRwizi rwaJames uko yaigona kutsigira mabasa mukurwisana neRichmonduye kuzvidzivirira pakurwiswa neConfederate ironclads yeJames River Squadron. Akapinda Confederate artillery mabhatiri mukati megore uye akazotora chikamu mune zvose zvekutanga uye zvechipiri zveFort Fisher, kudzivirira nzira dzeWilmington, North Carolina, muna December 1864 January 1865. Mahopac akadzokera kuRwizi rwaJames mushure mokubatwa kweFort Fisher uye akaramba aripo kusvikira Richmond, Virginia yabatwa mukuvamba kwaApril. 