Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - "Raleigh" tautoko Fort Hatteras ko Fort Clark
i te 28-29 o Akuhata 1861; i uru ki tetahi haerenga i te Oketopa 1 ki te hopu i te United States Army steamer "Fanny" me nga toa utu nui i runga i te poari; me te haere tahi ki te CSS "Sea Bird" i a ia e tirotiro ana i te Pamlico Sound i te Hanuere 20, 1862. I kaha hoki ia ki te tiaki i te Moutere o Roanoke ki te whakaeke amphibious e nga ope Federal nui i te Hui-tanguru 7 ki te 8, 1862, me Elizabeth City, North Carolina 2 ra i muri mai. Mai i reira ka mawhiti a "Raleigh" ma te awa o Dismal Swamp ki Norfolk, Virginia.