<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-August 1861, uMajor General uBenjamin F. Butler kanye neSiphathimandla Sesigodlo uSilas H. Stringham bathatha iFort Hatteras neClark  <response>: ukuqapha indawo yokungena ePamlico Sound. Kwathatha izinyanga eziningana ngaphambi kokuba umkhuzi ophakeme we-Union asebenzise le mpumelelo. UButler noStringham bakwazi ukunxenxa uNobhala Wezempi uGideon Welles ukuba agcine ibutho eHatteras Inlet ukuze kugcinwe amathuba okwenza imisebenzi eyengeziwe evulekile. Uhulumeni kaLincoln wawungavumelani nokuhlasela iNyakatho Carolina ngasolwandle, kodwa uJenene-in-Chief uGeorge B. McClellan wayevumelana nalolo hlelo. UMcClellan wakwazi ukunxenxa uMongameli uLincoln ukuba avumele lo msebenzi futhi akhethe uBrigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside ukuba ahole lo mkhankaso. 