 Lowry akarayira ngarava yemapurisa yainzi George Peabody, ichiburitsa mauto muHondo yeHatteras Inlet Batteries muna August 1861. Akabva atanga kutungamira chikepe chehondo kubva muna Gumiguru 1861 kusvika muna Kukadzi 1862, uye sechikamu cheNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron, akatora chikamu mukuita kunze kweNorth Carolina, munaNovember akanyudza zvitatu zve blockships pamusuwo weOcracoke Inlet, uyezve muna Kukadzi 1862 akatora masvingo emuvengi paRoanoke Island, uye ipapo kutora rutivi mukubatwa kwakatevera kweElizabeth City. 