 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pensacola yakabva kuAlexandria, Virginia pana January 11, 1862, ichienda kuGulf of Mexico kunobatana neAdmiral David Farraguts West Gulf Blockading Squadron yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa. Yakafamba nechikepe ichocho munhoroondo ichipfuura neConfederate Fort St. Philip uye Fort Jacksoniyo yakadzivirira New Orleans, Louisiana pana April 24. Zuva rakatevera racho, Pensacola yakadenha mabhatiri aiva pasi peguta guru iroro reConfederate. Musi waApril 26, boka revarwi veMarine rakasimudza mureza weUnited States pamusoro peimba yokudhindira mari muNew Orleans. Vafambisi vengarava vana vakapiwa Medal of Honor nokuda kwechikamu chavo muhondo: Boy Thomas Flood, Seaman Thomas Lyons, Captain weForetop James McLeod, uye Quartermaster Louis Richards. 