Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaritea a Barney hei rangatira i te ope moana o te Rōpū o Amerika i te 2 o Hōngongoi, 1861. I whakahau ia i te CSS "Jamestown" i te Pakanga o Hampton Roads, te pakanga rongonui me te, i te wa i mau ai ia i nga brigs e rua me te schooner Accomac i Newport News Point i te wa i mau ai te CSS "Virginia" i te aro o te Union Navy. Whai muri i te rerenga o te Rōpū o Norfolk, ka whakangaromia te "Jamestown" ki te aukati i te awa o James i Drewry's Bluff. I te Pakanga o Drewry's Bluff i muri mai
I roto i te pakanga o te Rāhoroi, i peia ai e nga papahiko takutai o te Rāhoroi te ope Navy o te Uniana e anga ana ki Richmond, ko nga pu o te "Jamestown" te mea nui ki te whakahoki i nga kaipuke hoariri. Whai muri i te pakanga, i whakamoemititia ia e te Kaunihera o te Rōpū, a, i whakatairangahia ia hei rangatira.