<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-James River Squadron yakhiwa ngokushesha ngemva kokuhlukana kweVirginia phakathi neMpi Yombango YaseMelika. Ibutho laliyingxenye yeVirginia Navy ngaphambi kokudluliselwa ku-Confederate States Navy. I-squadron yaziwa kakhulu ngendima yayo ekubhekeleni uMfula iJames, okwakuyindlela eyinhloko yamanzi eya enhlokodolobha yaseConfederate, iRichmond. Kwakunezigaba ezimbili: impi yokuqala, lapho yayihlanganisa kakhulu imikhumbi yokhuni ngaphandle kwe-CSS edumile Virginia eyaphela ngeMpi yaseDrewrys Bluff  <response>: ngoMeyi 15, 1862; kanye nokwakheka kwayo kamuva kwe-ironclad ne-flagship CSS Virginia II. 