 Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Pana November 7, 1864, Weitzel akava mukuru mukuru wevazvipiri uye pana December 3 akagoverwa kutungamirira XXV Corps, yakaumbwa neU.S. Colored Troops pasi pevakuru vakuru vachena. Sezvo gore rakapera, akapinda muhondo isingabudiriri yeFirst Battle yeFort Fisher, vachidzivirira Wilmington, North Carolina, chiteshi chikuru chokupedzisira cheConfederate. Iye neuto rake vakadzoserwa kuVirginia masvondo maviri gare gare, apo General Butler akabviswa pabasa achitsigira General Alfred H. Terry, uyo akatora chiteshi chengarava musi waNdira 15. 