 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi mumwe pashure pokutanga kweHondo, Ammen akabatanidzwa kune frigate USS Roanoke uye pakarepo akatanga kurwisa Union. Akanga ari mungarava, apo Roanoke yakaparadza chikepe cheConfederate Mary paLockwood Folly Inlet, North Carolina, muna July 1861. Ammen akagadzwa mukuru mukuru wechikepe chitsva chakatumirwa USS Seneca munaGunyana wegore iroro uye akatora chikamu muSouth Atlantic Blockading Squadron. 