 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekusvika kwake kuBoston, Massachusetts musi wa27 Gunyana, akafamba kuti ajoine Flag Officer Samuel Du Ponts South Atlantic Blockading Squadron kubva kuSandy Hook, New Jersey. Achibva kuNorfolk, Virginia musi wa 29 October achienda kuPort Royal, South Carolina, sechikamu cheboka guru reU.S.Akaunganidza kusvika panguva iyoyo, iyo sloop yakasimuka muhondo musi wa7 Mbudzi sezvo squadron yaDu Pont yakarova Fort Walker paHilton Head Island, ichimanikidza maConfederates kusiya nzvimbo, nokudaro ichibvumira mauto eUnion neNavy Force kuti vaende kunotora nzvimbo iyi inokosha yemabasa. Mohican yakarohwa ka6 nemapurisa eConfederate muhondo iyi, ikakuvadzwa nechikepe uye murume mumwe akaurayiwa uye vamwe vanomwe vakakuvadzwa. Mumwe wevakanga vakuvara aiva Mutevedzeri waMaster Isaac D. Seyburn. 