Dhameystir weedha soo socota: 26ka Agoosto, 1861, "Wabash" waxay ka baxday Hampton Roads, waxay ku sii jeeday Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, si ay uga qayb qaadato duulaankii ugu horreeyay ee duulimaadyo dhulka hoostiisa mara oo isku dhafan. "Wabash" waxay wehliyeen,, gaadiidka dakhliga goosta, iyo doonta "Fanny", iyo laba gaadiid oo qaada in ka badan 900 oo askari oo hoos yimaada General Benjamin Butler. Ciidamada Midowga waxay xaqiijiyeen Hatteras Inlet iyaga oo qabsaday Forts
Hatteras iyo Clark bishii Agoosto 29, 1861. Ciidankii weerarka soo qaaday wax khasaare ah ma soo gaarin, waxayna qaateen in ka badan 700 oo maxaabiis ah. Waxaa ka mid ahaa Kabtan Samuel Barron oo ka tirsan Ciidanka Badda ee Confederate, oo ahaa taliyaha hore ee Ciidanka Badda Mareykanka ee "Wabash" markii ay ka hoos shaqeyneysay Admiral La Vallette.