Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - E hiwere James River Squadron obere oge ka Virginia kewapụrụ onwe ya n'oge Agha Obodo America. Ndị agha ahụ bụ akụkụ nke Virginia Navy tupu ebufe ya na ndị agha mmiri nke Confederate States. Ndị agha ahụ bụ ndị a ma ama maka ọrụ ha na-eme n'ịgagharị n'osimiri James, nke bụ isi mmiri na-abịarute isi obodo Confederate, Richmond. O nwere akụkụ abụọ: agha mbido, mgbe ọ nwere ọtụtụ ụgbọ mmiri osisi (na mgbakwunye na CSS a ma ama "Virginia") nke kwụsịrị na Agha nke Drewry's Bluff
na Mee 15, 1862; na ihe mejupụtara ya na-esote ya na CSS flagship "Virginia II".