Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan rabuwa da Arewacin Carolina daga Union, gwamnatin Confederate a Richmond ta yi watsi da tsaron jihar. Ma'aikatar War, wanda Sakatare Leroy P. Walker ya jagoranci da farko kuma daga baya Judah P. Benjamin, ya yi amfani da dakarun da suka fi horarwa da kuma kayan aiki mafi kyau don shiga cikin yakin da aka yi a Virginia, wanda aka ba da fifiko mafi girma. An gan su suna kare babban birnin rikon kwarya na Richmond. Lokacin da Tsibirin Hatteras
ya fadi ga sojojin Union a watan Agustan 1861, kawai shida regiments na infantry sun kasance don kare dukan bakin teku na jihar.