<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Impi Yombango YaseMelika yaqala ngo-April 1861, futhi ngalowo nyaka uHowell wabika ebhodini le-steam frigate, elalibhekiswe e-North Atlantic Blockading Squadron ukuze lihlanganyele ekuvinjelweni kwe-Union of the Confederate States of America. Ngesikhathi esesikebheni i-Minnesota wabona isenzo  <response>: Impi yaseHatteras Inlet Batteries emabhange angaphandle aseNyakatho Carolina ngo-28 kuya ku-29 Agasti 1861. 