Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ọ bụ ndị United States Army Quartermaster Corps na-arụ ọrụ na "Fanny". N'August 3, 1861, mgbe ọ nọ n'Osimiri James, onye na-agba bọọlụ bụ John La Mountain si n'elu ụgbọ nke "Fanny" rịgoro iji hụ ọnọdụ ndị Confederate, na-eme ka "Fanny" bụrụ onye na-ebu bọọlụ. A na-eji ụgbọ epeepe e ji mmiri eme ihe eme njem n'oge gara aga. "Fanny" ji egbe 4.62-inch Sawyer n'ihu (Nkọwa dị ka "32-pounder", dabere na ịdị arọ projectile, site na ndị Confederates mgbe ejidere ya) yana egbe nwere egbe 8-pounder (ikekwe atụmatụ Sawyer ọzọ) na azụ, ma na-arụ ọrụ megide ọnọdụ ndị dị n'ụsọ osimiri Confederate. Ọ bụkwa akụkụ nke Agha nke Hatteras Inlet Batteries
, bụ mbuso agha mbụ nke Outer Banks nke North Carolina site n'aka ndị Union na August 28-29, 1861. N'oge ụfọdụ mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, onye ọchịagha Crosby duziri "Fanny" ma kọọ banyere njide nke onye na-agba ọsọ mgbochi "Mary Emma" na isi iyi nke Osimiri Manokin na Maryland.