Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'August 1861, Ọchịagha Ukwu Benjamin F. Butler na Ọfịsa Ọdụ Ụgbọ Mmiri Silas H. Stringham
weghaara Fort Hatteras na Clark na-eche nche n'ụzọ mbata Pamlico Sound. O were ọnwa ole na ole tupu ndị isi ndị agha nke Union ga-eji ihe ịga nke ọma a mee ihe. Butler na Stringham nwere ike ime ka odeakwụkwọ nke ndị agha mmiri Gideon Welles mee ka ike dị na Hatteras Inlet iji mee ka ohere nke ọrụ ndị ọzọ meghee. Ọchịchị Lincoln ekwenyeghị na ịwakpo North Carolina site n'oké osimiri, mana General-in-Chief George B. McClellan kwadoro ụdị ọrụ ahụ. McClellan nwere ike ime ka President Lincoln nye ikike maka ọrụ ahụ ma họrọ Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside iduzi njem ahụ.