 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Saugus yakanga ichiri kugadziriswa paNorfolk Navy Yard mukuvamba kwaSeptember paakagamuchira mirairo yokuenderera mberi ne Canonicus uye zvikepe zvehondo uye kuPort Royal, South Carolina, uye ikoko kumirira Admiral David Farragut, mutungamiri anobvira weNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron, achitarisira kurwiswa paFort Fisher. Uku kutumirwa kwakamiswa musi wa19 Gunyana apo hutano husina kunaka hwakaita kuti Farragut arambe kugadzwa. Ngarava yacho yakadzokera kuJames ndokutangazve kutsigira Union Army. Mukubatana neBattery yaHowlett musi wa5 Zvita, Saugus yakarohwa kaviri. Imwe pfuti yakabva mupfuti yaBrooke yakamisa tureti yake kwenguva pfupi payakapwanya ndiro yezvombo uye yakatyora mabhaudhi akati wandei. Chikepe chacho chakasvika pamhenderekedzo musi wa14 December uye chakabudiswazve zuva rakatevera racho. Saugus yakagadziridzwa paNorfolk uye iye akabva akweva nechikepe chehondo Nereus. Vakabva musi wa22 December ndokusvika paFort Fisher musi weKrisimasi. Zuva rakatevera racho, Saugus yakabatanidzwa mukuputika kwamasvingo eConfederatekubva pamwero we. Colhoun akashuma kuti akaona pfuti imwe yeConfederate ichibviswa nemapurisa engarava yake; Saugus akapfura mapurisa 64 mukati mezuva. Mushure mokunge Butler arayira varume vake kuti vapindezve mumotokari dzavo musi wa 26 December, mucherechedzi wacho akatorwa kuenda kuBeaufort, South Carolina nechikepe chehondo. 