Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site na New York na May 4, "Port Royal" gara Hampton Roads, Virginia, iji sonyere ndị 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 na otu izu ka e mesịrị, ọ sonyere na
Agha nke Drewry's Bluff, n'osimiri James n'okpuru isi obodo ndịda.