Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waAugust 26, 1861, "Wabash" yakabva muHampton Roads, yakananga kuHatteras Inlet, North Carolina, kuti ipinde muhondo yokutanga yokurwisa ngarava dzomumvura nedzomugungwa. "Wabash" yaiperekedzwa ne,, mutero unocheka, tug "Fanny", uye zvifambiso zviviri, zvinotakura mauto anopfuura 900 pasi paMajor General Benjamin Butler. Mauto eUnion akachengetedza Hatteras Inlet nekutora maFort
Hatteras naClark musi waAugust 29, 1861. Mauto akarwisa haana kurasikirwa noupenyu uye akatora vasungwa vanopfuura 700. Pakati paivava paiva naKaputeni Samuel Barron weConfederate Navy, aimbova mutungamiriri muUnited States Navy ye"Wabash" apo yaishumira pasi peRear Admiral La Vallette.