 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge Louisiana yatangwa, Federal West Gulf Blockading Squadron, pasi paFlag Officer akazova Admiral David G. Farragut akanga afamba achienda muRwizi rweMississippi rwepasi, achityisidzira Fort Jackson neSt. Philip dzaitongwa neConfederate, anenge makiromita 120 kana kuti mamaira 75 pasi peNew Orleans. Chikamu cheboka racho, boka remabhoti emota raitungamirirwa naCommander akazova Admiral David Dixon Porter, musi wa16 April 1862 vakanga vatora nzvimbo pasi pemvura, uye musi wa18 April vakatanga kupfura kwavo. Brigadier General Johnson K. Duncan, achiraira nhare, uye mukuru wake wepedyo mukuru, Major General Mansfield Lovell, vakamanikidza Commander William C. Whittle, aitarisira mauto eConfederate emauto ehondo munharaunda, kuunza ngarava pasi kunhare, kunyange zvazvo yakanga isati yapera, uye nokuda kwechikonzero ichocho yakanga ichiri mumaoko evavaki vayo. Whittle akazvipira kune zvavakakumbira, uye musi waApril 20 akatumira mudziyo muCS Navy, naCmander Charles F. McIntosh achitungamirira. 