Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sabon muhimmin aikinta ya zo a lokacin bazara lokacin da aka aika da rundunar aiki a kan Fort Clark da Fort Hatteras a kan bankunan waje na Arewacin Carolina don duba rufewar da ke gudana a yankin. Jirgin ruwa ya tashi daga Hampton Roads Agusta 26, 1861, don yakin Hatteras Inlet Batteries
, na farko da muhimmanci hade amphibious aiki na yaki. Washegari, "Harriet Lane",, kuma ya yi kusa da bakin teku don samar da tallafi kai tsaye ga masu saukowa, yayin da jiragen ruwa masu nauyi suka yi wa sansanin daga ruwa mai zurfi. An kashe juriya na karshe a rana mai zuwa, yana ba da kwarin gwiwar da ake bukata a Arewa, wanda aka yi watsi da wata daya kafin a ci nasara a yakin farko na Bull Run. Mafi mahimmanci shi ne gaskiyar cewa wannan haɗin gwiwar ya buɗe hanyoyin ruwa na ciki zuwa jiragen ruwa na Union kuma ya ba da Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron a cikin zurfin ruwa na kudancin.