Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lowry ya umurci jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa na "George Peabody", wanda ya sauko da dakarun a lokacin yakin Hatteras Inlet Batteries
a watan Agusta na shekara ta 1861. Daga nan sai ya umurci jirgin ruwan daga watan Oktoba 1861 zuwa Fabrairun 1862, kuma a matsayin wani ɓangare na Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron, ya shiga cikin ayyukan Arewacin Carolina, a watan Nuwamba ya nutsar da jiragen ruwa guda uku a ƙofar Ocracoke Inlet, sannan a watan Fabrairun 1862 ya kama garuruwan abokan gaba a tsibirin Roanoke, sa'an nan kuma ya shiga cikin kama Elizabeth City.