 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Beauregard akanga asingafari nebasa rake idzva, achidavira kuti aifanira kutungamirira rimwe remauto makuru epasi reConfederate. Akabudirira, zvisinei, kudzivirira kubatwa kweCharleston neUnited navy uye kurwisa kwenyika muna 1863. Musi waApril 7, 1863, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, mutungamiriri weSouth Atlantic Blockading Squadron, akatungamirira kurwisa kwechombo chechimbichimbi cheUnion kuFort Sumter iyo yakadzoswa nemoto wakanyatsojeka wepfuti kubva kumasimba aBeauregard. Muna Chikunguru kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 1863, mauto eUnion pasi paBrig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore akatanga nhevedzano yekurwiswa kweFort Wagner paMorris Island nedzimwe nhare pamuromo wechiteshi, apo Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren akaedza kuparadza Fort Sumter. Nemhaka yokuti basa rokupedzisira rakakundikana, kubata kwakabudirira kweMorris Island kwakanga kusingabatsiri mukutyisidzira Charleston. 