Kammala wannan jumla: An kirkiro Ma'aikatar Virginia a ranar 22 ga Mayu, 1861, don haɗawa da kowane yanki a cikin radius na 60 mil na Fort Monroe da kowane sassan Arewacin Carolina da Kudancin Carolina da sojojin Union suka mamaye. An nada Manjo Janar Benjamin F. Butler a matsayin kwamandansa na farko. Yaƙe-yaƙe na farko da dakarun wannan sashen suka yi a ƙarƙashin Janar Butler sun haɗa da ayyuka a Big Bethel da
Hatteras Inlent. (A cikin harshen Turanci) A farkon sashen an kuma san shi da Sashen Kudu maso Gabashin Virginia.