Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Barin New York 4 ga Mayu, "Port Royal" ya tashi zuwa Hampton Roads, Virginia, don shiga cikin Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron don tallafawa Janar George McClellan ya hau kan tsibirin zuwa Richmond, Virginia. Ta yi amfani da batura na Tarayya a Sewell's Point, Virginia, ranar 8 ga Mayu kuma mako guda daga baya ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Drewry's Bluff, a kan Kogin James a ƙarƙashin babban birnin kudancin.