 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Kusarurama kwezvikepe zvematanda kune zvikepe zvehondo zvesimbi zvaive pachena zvikuru pashure pehondo, zvikurukuru kushayikwa kwechombo chinopisa. Zvichitevera chiitiko ichi, zvikepe zveUnion timberclads zvakagadziridzwa kuti zvive nechombo chimwe chete chakananga kumashure. Kubatana kweLucas Bend kunenge kuri pakati pekupedzisira kwekubatana kweHondo yeVanhu kuti vaone ngarava dzakaputirwa nemapuranga dzichiita chimwe chinhu chinopfuura basa rekutsigira kune rumwe rutivi. Essex neSt Louis zvaizoenda kunobatana neuto raAdmiral Foote kuti vatore Fort Henry pana February 6. New Orleans yaizonyudzwa zvichitevera kurasikirwa kweConfederate paHondo yeChitsuwa Nhamba Gumi. CSS Jackson yakapiswa apo New Orleansyakawa muna April 1862. Nenzira yakafanana, CSS General Polk yakapiswa muna June 1862 kudzivirira kuti irege kuwira mumaoko eSangano. 