Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Site na New York na Mee 4, "Port Royal" gara Hampton Roads, Virginia, isonye na North Atlantic Blockading Squadron na-akwado General George McClellan na-agafe na peninsula na Richmond, Virginia. Ọ lụrụ ọgụ na batrị ndị Confederate na Sewell's Point, Virginia, na May 8 ma otu izu ka e mesịrị, sonyere na Agha nke Drewry's Bluff.
, na James River n'okpuru isi obodo ndịda.