Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'August 26, 1861, "Wabash" hapụrụ Hampton Roads, na-aga Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, isonye na mwakpo amphibious mbụ nke agha ahụ. "Wabash" so ụgbọ mmiri "Revenue Cutter", ụgbọ mmiri na-adọkpụ ụgbọ mmiri "Fanny", na ụgbọ njem abụọ, na-ebu ihe karịrị ndị agha 900 n'okpuru Major General Benjamin Butler. Ndị agha nke Union nwetara Hatteras Inlet site na ijide Forts
Hatteras na Clark n'August 29, 1861. Ndị agha ahụ wakporo obodo ahụ anwụghị ma jide ihe karịrị narị ndị mkpọrọ asaa. Otu n'ime ndị a bụ Captain Samuel Barron nke ndị agha mmiri Confederate, onye bụbu ọchịagha na United States Navy nke "Wabash" mgbe ọ na-eje ozi n'okpuru Rear Admiral La Vallette.