 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gomo reWashington rakaona chiito chakakomba muna 1863 muKukombwa kweSuffolkVirginia. Akaenda kuWashington musi wa 8 Ndira, achibatanidzwa mukushandira muna Kubvumbi. Yakasvika pamhenderekedzo yeRwizi rweNampony musi wa13 Kubvumbi uye yakadzidza kuti maConfederates akaronga kuyambuka rwizi kuti arwise mauto eUnion kumashure kuSuffolk, Virginia, uye kunyaradza zvikepe zvehondo nechinangwa ichi. Muhondo yakatevera yeSuffolk paNorfleet House Battery, Gomo reWashington rakashandura moto wezvombo neConfederates paHampton Roads, 14 April, kusangana nemapurisa akaoma. Vafambisi vengarava vana vakagoverwa kwenguva pfupi ku Mount Washington vakapiwa Medal of Honor nokuda kwezviito zvavo muhondo iyi: Coxswain Robert Jordan, Seaman Henry Thielberg, Coxswain Robert B. Wood, uye Seaman Samuel Woods. Gare gare muna April, iye naStepping Stones vakapfurwa paNorfleets Point. Ichidhonza West End ichidzika nerwizi, Mount Washington yakasvika pamhenderekedzo asi yakasimuka nemvura yakatevera. VaNegro vana vakakwira mukati maro mazuva mashomanene gare gare, vasingazivisi chiratidzo cheConfederates; zvisinei, Gomo reWashington rakapfurwa nguva gare gare, uye kurwisana kwakakomba kwakatevera. 