Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Barney akagadzwa kuva lieutenant muConfederate States Navy pana July 2, 1861. Akatungamira CSS "Jamestown" panguva yeHampton Roads, hondo yakakurumbira neUnited States Navy, panguva yaakatora mabhiriji maviri uye Accomac schooner kubva kuNewport News Point apo CSS "Virginia" yakabata kutarisa kweUnited Navy. Pashure pokubviswa kweNorfolk neConfederate, "Jamestown" yakanyudzwa kuti ivharire Rwizi rwaJames paDrewry's Bluff. Muhondo yakatevera yeDrewry's Bluff
Muchiitiko cheCivil War, umo mabhatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa yeConfederate akadzinga mauto eUnion Navy akananga kuRichmond, zvombo zve "Jamestown" zvaionekwa sechinhu chikuru mukudzinga ngarava dzevavengi. Pashure pehondo, akarumbidzwa neConfederate Congress uye akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri.