<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngo-August 26, 1861, i-Wabash yasuka eHampton Roads, yaya eHatteras Inlet, eNyakatho Carolina, ukuze ihlanganyele ekuhlaseleni kokuqala okuhlangene kwamabutho asolwandle nemikhumbi yasolwandle. I-Wabash yayihambisana ne -,, isikejana semali engenayo, i - tug Fanny, nezithuthi ezimbili, ezazithwele amasosha angaphezu kuka - 900 ngaphansi kuka - Major General Benjamin Butler. Amabutho e-Union avikela i-Hatteras Inlet ngokuthatha i-Forts  <response>: UHatteras noClark ngo-August 29, 1861. Amabutho ahlaselayo awazange alahlekelwe muntu futhi athatha iziboshwa ezingaphezu kuka-700. Phakathi kwalaba kwakukhona uKaputeni uSamuel Barron we-Confederate Navy, owayengukhomanda e-United States Navy ka Wabash ngenkathi ekhonza ngaphansi kukaRear Admiral La Vallette. 