 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakagoverwa kuNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron, kutozosvikira muna January 1862 Louisiana yakashanda pamwe chete nemhenderekedzo yegungwa yeVirginia, ichivharira kupfuura kwevanopukunyuka veConfederate, uye ichivarwisa pazvivako zvavo. Louisiana yakaitawo mabasa akadai sehondo yeRoanoke Islandmusi wa 7 kusvika 8 Kukadzi 1862 uye Hondo yeElizabeth City musi wa 10 Kukadzi, iyo yakaramba kushandiswa kwemahombekombe emahombekombe nemataundi egungwa kune vanomhanyisa uye vakasunga mauto eConfederate kuchengetedza iwo mabhesi aigona kubatwa. Musi wa13 September 1861, nechikepe chinonzi Louisiana chakarwisana neSSS Patrick Henry kuNewport News, kuVirginia, asi pfuti dzakabva kumativi ose dzakaramba. Zvikepe zvaro zviviri zvakaparadza chikepe chaive chichiita seConfederate privateer muHondo yeCockle Creek pedyo neChincoteague Inlet musi wa5 Gumiguru, uye mazuva maviri gare gare akabata chikepe S. T. Carrison chine mutoro wemuti pedyo neWallops Island. 