Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 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. Mumakore akatevera
Hondo yeDrewry's Bluff, umo mabhatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa akaendesa mauto eUnion Navy akananga kuRichmond, zvombo zve "Jamestown" zvaifungidzirwa sechinhu chikuru mukudzinga ngarava dzemuvengi. Pashure pehondo, akarumbidzwa neConfederate Congress uye akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri.