 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure peHondo ya 1812, United States yakaona kudiwa kwokudzivirira Hampton Roads nemvura yomunyika pakurwiswa negungwa. Kurwisa kweBritain Norfolk nePortsmouth kwakadziviswa, asi ipapo vakapfuura masvingo akanga aripo ndokupfuurira kupisa Washington, D.C. uye vakabudirira kurwisa Baltimore. Muna March 1819, Dhipatimendi reHondo raPurezidhendi James Monroe rakauya nehurongwa hwokuvaka nzanga yezvidziviriro zvapamhenderekedzo yegungwa, yakazonzi gadziriro yechitatu yezvirwiswa zveU.S. Muna 1822 kuvaka kwakatanga nomwoyo wose paimba yamatombo nezvidhinha iyo yaizova dziviriro yeChesapeake Bay uye nhare huru zvikurusa nenharaunda yakambovakwa muUnited States. Yakanga yakarongedzerwa kuva dzimbahwe rorudzi rwechitatu rwenhare. Pakati pezvivako zvepakutanga pane Quarters 1, yakagadzirirwa kuti ive nzvimbo yokugara uye dzimbahwe romukuru mukuru weFort Monroe. Basa rakaramba richiitwa kwemakore anoda kusvika 25. 