<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Impi Yombango YaseMelika yaqala ngo-Ephreli 1861, futhi ngalowo nyaka uHowell wabika ebhodini le-steam frigate, elalibhekiswe eNyakatho Atlantic Blockading Squadron ukuze lihlanganyele ekuvinjelweni kwe-Union of the Confederate States of America. Ngesikhathi esesikebheni i-Minnesota wabona isenzo eMpini yaseHatteras Inlet Batteries  <response>: e-Outer Banks yaseNyakatho Carolina ngo-28 kuya ku-29 Agasti 1861. 