Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A họpụtara Barney ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị agha mmiri nke ndị Confederate States na July 2, 1861. O nyere iwu na CSS "Jamestown" n'oge Agha nke Hampton Roads, agha a ma ama ya na ndị na-agba ịnyịnya, n'oge ọ jidere brigs abụọ na otu Accomac schooner na Newport News Point mgbe CSS "Virginia" jidere uche ndị Union Navy. Mgbe ndị Confederate chụpụsịrị ndị Norfolk, a chụpụrụ "Jamestown" iji gbochie Osimiri James na Drewry's Bluff. Na Agha nke Drewry's Bluff sochiri
N'oge agha ndị Confederate na United States, bụ nke ndị agha mmiri nke ndị Confederate chụpụrụ ndị agha mmiri nke Union na-aga Richmond, a na-ewere egbe "Jamestown" dị ka isi ihe na-egbochi ụgbọ mmiri ndị iro. Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, ọ natara otuto site na Congress Confederate ma bulie ya n'ọkwa ọchịagha.