 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakagadziriswazve musi wa24 Chikumi 1863, ngarava yakarairwa kuDelaware Capes kuti iite basa rekuchengetedza kubva kuDelaware breakwater inodzivirira kutakura kweUnited States kusvika uye kubva kuDelaware Bay uye yakaita basa iri kusvika pakupera kwegore. Musi wa13 January 1864, akarayirwa kuenda kumvura yeCarolina nokuda kwebasa muSouth Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Munguva yebasa rake kubva kumahombekombe eAtlantic, mapoka ekuburitsa kubva muchikepe akaita kurwisa kwakawanda muna Nyamavhuvhu naGunyana izvo zvakaguma nekubatwa kwevasungwa vazhinji uye kutora kana kuparadza huwandu hwakawanda hwezvombo, zvombo, uye zvinopihwa. Zvivako zvinoverengeka, mabhiriji, uye zvivako zvinogadzira munyu zvakaparadzwa panguva yokufamba kwacho. 