<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uBarney wamiswa njengeluthenanthi eMkhosini Wezempi Wamazwe Ahlangene ngoJulayi 2, 1861. Wayephethe i-CSS Jamestown ngesikhathi seMpi yaseHampton Roads, impi edumile ne-United States Navy, ngesikhathi athatha khona ama-brig amabili nesikebhe se-Accomac eNewport News Point ngenkathi i-CSS Virginia igcina ukunakwa kwe-Union Navy. Ngemva kokukhishwa kweNorfolk yi-Confederate, i-Jamestown yacwiliswa ukuze ivimbe uMfula iJames eDrewrys Bluff. Empini eyalandela yaseDrewrys Bluff  <response>: , lapho amabhethri asogwini ase-Confederate aqhuba khona ibutho le-Union Navy elibheke eRichmond, izibhamu ze- Jamestown zazibhekwa njengento eyinhloko ekubuyiseleni imikhumbi yesitha. Ngemuva kwempi, wathola udumo oluvela e-Confederate Congress futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngumkhuzi. 