Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - He wāhi hira a Te Tai Tokerau o Karolina ki te Rōpū, nā te mea he tauranga nui a Wilmington, ā, nā te mea he wāhi nui a Outer Banks mō ngā kaipuke e ngana ana ki te karo i te poraka a te Uniana. I rere mai a Benjamin Butler i Fort Monroe, ā, i hopu i ngā pū i Hatteras
Ko Inlet i te marama o Akuhata 1861. I te Hui-tanguru 1862, i whakahaerehia e Brig. Gen. Ambrose Burnside tetahi haerenga amphibious, mai i Fort Monroe, i mau ki te Moutere o Roanoke, he wikitoria rautaki iti-mohiotia engari he mea nui mo te Uniana. Ko te Goldsboro Expedition i te mutunga o te tau 1862 i hikoi poto mai i te takutai ki te whakangaro i nga ara tereina me nga piriti.