Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Akuhata 1861, ko te Tumuaki Matua a Benjamin F. Butler me te Kaitohutohu o te Tohu a Silas H. Stringham
i hopu i ngā Forts Hatteras rāua ko Clark e tiaki ana i tētahi wāhi tomokanga ki Pamlico Sound. He maha nga marama i mua i te whakamahinga o te mana nui o te Uniana i tenei angitu. I taea e Butler raua ko Stringham te akiaki i te Hekeretari o te Navy a Gideon Welles ki te pupuri i tetahi ope i Hatteras Inlet kia tuwhera ai te tupono mo etahi atu mahi. Kaore te Whakahaere a Lincoln i whakaae ki te whakaeke i North Carolina mai i te moana, engari ko te General-in-Chief George B. McClellan i pai ki taua mahi. I taea e McClellan te akiaki i te Perehitini Lincoln ki te whakamana i te mahi me te kowhiri i a Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside hei kaiarahi i te haerenga.