 Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika Muna April 1861, akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru weFlag weAtlantic Blockading Squadron. Muna August akatumwa nemauto aitungamirirwa naGeneral Benjamin F. Butler, kunotora nhare mbiri dzomumhenderekedzo yegungwa pedyo neCape Hatteras. Mumuhondo yakatevera, masvingo akabatwa pasina kurasikirwa, kunyange zvazvo zvisina kuoma nemhaka yemamiriro okunze, uye ngarava dzakadzokera kuFort Monroe kuti dzifarirwe navose. Zvisinei, izvi zvakakurumidza kupa nzira yekutsoropodzwa kwaStringham nekusaendesa ngarava dzake pedyo, uye kuenderera mberi nekurwisa pamhenderekedzo. Chokwadi chokuti ngarava dzake dzakatora mvura yakawandisa kupinda mumvura dzomumhenderekedzo yegungwa dzisina kudzika, uye kuti akanga arayirwa zvakananga kuti adzokere pakarepo, pakupedzisira akabuda, asi zviri pachena kuti akanga ava kunonoka kunyaradza kutsamwa kwake, sezvo mwedzi wakatevera, pachikumbiro chake, akasunungurwa kubva pakutonga kwake. Somumwe mubhadharo muduku musi waAugust 1, 1862 akasimudzirwa kuchinzvimbo che rear admiral pane runyoro rwekurega basa. 