 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Roanoke yakaenda kuNew York City hondo yapera, ichisiya Franklin ari pamhenderekedzo kwemazuva mashomanana kusvikira Dacotah yasvika. Ngarava yacho yakanga yagoverwa kuNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron, vachishanda mumvura dzakapoteredza Hampton Roads sorutivi rweUnion blockade yeConfederation. Musi waMay 18 na 19, 1862, Franklin neDacotah vakapinda mukutsinhana kwepfuti nemabhatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa kuSewells Point. Akapupurira kunyura uye kupisa kwe Virginia musi waMay 11, 1862, uye akaenda kuNew Orleans, Louisiana, kunotumira mashoko asati adzokera kuHampton Roads mukupera kwaJune. Dacotah yakabva yabatana neJames River Flotilla, ichiparadza nhare dzomurwizi rwaJames. 