Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọ laghachiri Hampton Roads ma were ọnọdụ dị ka onye mgbochi, na-eje ozi na North Atlantic Blockading Squadron ruo March 8, 1862. Sloop-of-agha ahụ lụrụ ndị agha Confederate n'ọtụtụ obere ihe na Hampton Roads ma weghara ọtụtụ obere ụgbọ mmiri n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. Tụkwasị na nke ahụ, "Cumberland" so ná ndị njem ahụ weghaara ebe ndị e wusiri ike
na Cape Hatteras.