 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa 1861 na 1865, Fulton yakabhadharwa neU.S. Department of War muArmy Transport Service, nokuda kwokushandiswa senzira yokufambisa mauto, pamutengo wemadhora 1.200 pazuva. Akafamba kubva kuNew York achienda kuzviteshi zvengarava zvaiva kumahombekombe ekumaodzanyemba. Kaputeni J. A. Wotton nezviuru zvevarume vemauto vakafamba naye parwendo urwu. Akashanda mumabasa neSouth Atlantic Blockading Squadronmuhondo yose. 