 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pasi pezita rokuti Thistle iye akashandiswa somumhanyi wokudzivirira uye mukupera kwaJanuary 1863 akabudirira kupfuurira kuburikidza neFederal blockademuCharleston, South Carolina, chiteshi chengarava chaifarirwa nevapukunyuki panguva iyoyo. Yakasvika pamhenderekedzo apo yakanga ichiedza kubuda muchiteshi chengarava mwedzi gare gare. Ngarava yacho yakachengetedzwa, ikatengeswa kune mumwe muridzi ndokutumidzwazve zita rokuti Cherokee. Musi waMay 8, 1863, akaedza zvakare kuenda kune imwe nzvimbo, asi akabatwa na. Asati aendeswa kuBoston Prize Court musi wa7 Chikunguru, akashandiswa mukutsvaga kweConfederate raider CSS Tacony. 