 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kukosha kwezvematongerwe enyika nekutengeserana kweNew Orleans, pamwe chete nenzvimbo yayo yenzira, yakaratidza sechinangwa chekutsvaga kweUnion nokukurumidza mushure mekuvhurwa kweHondo yeVanhu. Zvikamu zvechikepe cheUnion Blockade zvakasvika pamuromo weMississippi musi wa27 Chivabvu 1861. Kuedza kuvadzinga kwakatungamirira kuHondo yeHead of Passes musi wa 12 October 1861. Kaputeni D. G. Farragut neuto reWestern Gulf vakaenda kuNew Orleans muna January 1862. Zvinhu zvikuru zvaidzivirira Rwizi rweMississippi zvaisanganisira nhare mbiri dzisingachinji, Fort Jackson neFort St. Philip. Musi waApril 16, pashure pokuongorora kwakanyatsorongwa, ngarava dzeUnion dzakapinda munzvimbo iri pasi pemasvingo ndokuzarura moto mazuva maviri gare gare. Mumazuva mashomanana, ngarava dzehondo dzakanga dzapfuura nhare dzacho muhondo yaizivikanwa seHondo yeFort Jackson neSt. Philip. Masikati omusi wa25, Farragut akasvika pamberi peNew Orleans. Fort Jackson neSt. Philip, dzakanga dzakaparadzaniswa uye dzichiramba dzichirwiswa nemabhoti aFarragut, dzakapanduka musi wa28, uye nokukurumidza pashure pacho mauto euto akabata guta racho zvichiguma nekutora New Orleans. 