Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava yacho yakapiwa kuAtlantic Blockading Squadron ndokuenda kuHampton Roads. Pakupera kwaAugust, "Susquehanna" yakabatanidzwa muuto reArmy-Navy
kuHatteras Inlet, North Carolina, iyo yakatora Fort Clark neFort Hatteras musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu. Mumwedzi waSeptember, akabata zvikepe zviviri zveBritain: "Argonaut" musi wa13 September uye "Prince Alfred" musi wa28 September. Mumwedzi mumwe chetewo, akatorawo zvikepe zviviri zveConfederate: "San Juan" musi wa 28 September uye "Baltimore" zuva rakatevera. Ngarava dzose dziri ina dzakanga dzakatakura zvinhu zvisiri pamutemo.