Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - E kenyere ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na Atlantic Blockading Squadron ma jiri ụgbọ mmiri gaa Hampton Roads. Ná ngwụsị August, "Susquehanna" sonyere n'otu njem ndị agha na ndị agha mmiri
na Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, nke weghaara Fort Clark na Fort Hatteras na 29 August. N'ọnwa Septemba, o jidere ụgbọ mmiri abụọ nke ndị Briten: "Argonaut" na 13 Septemba na "Prince Alfred" na 28 Septemba. N'otu ọnwa ahụ, o weghaara ụgbọ mmiri ndị Confederate abụọ: "San Juan" na 28 Septemba na "Baltimore" n'echi ya. Ụgbọ mmiri anọ ahụ bu ngwá ahịa ndị a na-ebupụ ebupụ.