Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shawarwarin kwamitin don toshewar Atlantic sun fi karɓa, tare da gyare-gyare, ta gwamnatin Lincoln. An kama kama Fernandina, wanda aka ba da shawara a matsayin aikin farko na Navy na Union, an jinkirta har sai bayan kamawa na
Tsibirin Hatteras da Port Royal. Shawarar cewa Hatteras Inlet za a katange shi ne wanda ya yi watsi da Flag Officer Silas Stringham da Brig. Janar Benjamin F. Butler, mutanen da suka jagoranci aikin. (Kwamitin ya yi hasashen cewa ba za a bi shawarwarinsa zuwa ga wasiƙa ba. A cikin rahotonsu, sun haɗa da bayanin cewa "Waɗannan tsare-tsaren na iya fuskantar wasu gyare-gyare a hannun mutumin da za a ba da izinin aiwatar da su. ")