 "Rhode Island" resumed blockade duty, and prepared for the second attack which was a success.On the first day, January 13, 1865, "Rhode Island" was heavily engaged with Confederate batteries, and landed artillery for the army on the 14th and 15th, when the fort fell.In March Trenchard was ordered to take "Rhode Island" to Belfast, Maine in order to recruit men for the Navy, and was there when the war ended in April 1865.