 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 6 Kukadzi 1862, achishanda saFirst Master we, Hoel akakuvadzwa panguva yeHondo yeFort Henry. Asingasviki mwedzi miviri gare gare, pana 4 April, akazvipira kutungamirira chikepe chehondo Carondelet mukufamba kwaro kwakakurumbira kupfuura mabhatiri evapanduki paChitsuwa Nhamba 10kuti vasvike Mauto aMaj. Gen. John Pope paNew Madrid. Kumhanya kwoushingi kwechikepe chinotakura pfuti kuburikidza nedutu remoto weConfederate kwakabvumira mauto eUnion kuyambuka rwizi ndokutora chitsuwa ichi chinokosha nemhando dzakawanda dzezvombo, midziyo uye zvitoro. Nokudaro yakazarura Mississippi nokuda kwemibato yezvikepe zveUnion zvichiunza mauto eHurumende mumugwagwa murefu kusvika pedyo nokuona kweMemphis. 