Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te "Fanny" i whakahaerehia e te United States Army Quartermaster Corps. I te Akuhata 3, 1861, i a ia i runga i te Awa o James, ka eke te balloonist a John La Mountain mai i te papa o te "Fanny" ki te tirotiro i nga tuunga o te Confederate, ka waiho te "Fanny" hei kaikawe pounamu. Ko nga rerenga pounamu i tukuna i mua i runga i te wai i puta i runga i nga kaipuke. I whakaekehia a "Fanny" me te pu Sawyer 4.62-inihi i mua (I whakaahuahia hei "32-pounder", i runga i te taumaha o te pere, na nga Confederates i muri i tana hopu) me te 8-pounder rifled cannon (pea tetahi atu hoahoa Sawyer) i muri, a he kaha ki nga tuunga takutai o Confederate. He wāhanga anō hoki o te
Ko te Pakanga o Hatteras Inlet Batteries, te whakaekenga tuatahi o nga Peeke o waho o North Carolina e te Uniana i te Akuhata 28-29, 1861. I etahi wa i muri mai, ko te "Fanny" i whakahaua e te Lieutenant Crosby me te ripoata i te hopu i te kaikawe aukati "Mary Emma" i te puna o te awa o Manokin i Maryland.