 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri musi wa 17 Mbudzi 1862, Colhoun akatora mutungamiri we steamer muNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron muna 1863. Gare gare gore iroro, akava mukuru mukuru wevatariri muSouth Atlantic Blockading Squadron, uye akatungamirira Weehawken mune zviito zvakasiyana-siyana zvinopesana neConfederate forts pakati pavo Fort Sumter, Fort Wagner, uye Fort Beauregard pakati paJuly 10 naSeptember 15, 1863. Akabva atungamira Monitor kubva muna 1864 kusvika muna 1865, achirwisa Howletts Battery paRwizi rwaJames muVirginia musi wa21 Chikumi na5 Zvita 1864 uye achiitora muchiito kuNorth Carolina muHondo yekutanga yeFort Fisher.muna December 1864 uye Hondo Yechipiri yeFort Fisher muna January 1865. Akarumbidzwa nokuda kwokubatanidzwa kwake mukuputika nokupamba Fort Fisher. 