Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E kenyere ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na Atlantic Blockading Squadron ma jiri ụgbọ mmiri gawa Hampton Roads. Ná ngwụsị nke August, "Susquehanna" sonyere na
Njem ndị agha na ndị agha mmiri jikọtara ọnụ na Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, nke weghaara Fort Clark na Fort Hatteras na 29 Ọgọst. N'ọnwa Septemba, o jidere ụgbọ mmiri abụọ nke ndị Briten: "Argonaut" na 13 Septemba na "Prince Alfred" na 28 Septemba. N'otu ọnwa ahụ, o weghaara ụgbọ mmiri ndị Confederate abụọ: "San Juan" na 28 Septemba na "Baltimore" n'echi ya. Ụgbọ mmiri anọ ahụ bu ngwá ahịa ndị a na-ebupụ ebupụ.