 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Charles Wilson akaberekwa muna 1836 muBoston, Massachusetts. Akanyoresa muNavy musi wa15 Gumiguru 1861, kuChicago, Illinois. Akagoverwa kuchikepe chemapurisa chinotungamirirwa naCommander Henry A. Walke, akashanda panguva yemabasa ayo akabata Forts Henryuye Donelson muna February 1862. Akaratidza ushingi hunoshamisa pasi pemoto pausiku hwaApril 4, 1862, panguva yekufamba kwe flotilla pasi peRwizi rweMississippi kupfuura Island No. 10 kuenda kuNew Madrid. Mukati mokufamba, Wilson, akapinda mumvura kusvika pamabvi uye akafumurwa nepfuti dzeConfederate akamira pachigadziko chechikepe chechikepe sezvaakatora zviyero uye akadana hudzamu hworwizi, zvichiita kuti Carondelet iite nzira yacho zvakachengeteka. Kuongorora kwake ndiko chete kwakaratidza kuti chikepe chehondo chaifamba sei mumugwagwa wainge wakaoma. Kutyaira kwaWalke kwakabva kwava chinhu chinokosha mukutora kweUnion kweChitsuwa Nhamba 10 nemabasa ayo akazotevera kumaodzanyemba. 