Cika wannan jumla: "Raleigh" da aka goyi bayan
Fort Hatteras da Fort Clark a ranar 28-29 ga Agusta, 1861; ya shiga cikin wani bincike a ranar 1 ga Oktoba don kama jirgin Amurka na Amurka "Fanny" tare da kaya masu daraja a kan jirgin; kuma ya bi CSS "Sea Bird" lokacin da ta sake duba Pamlico Sound a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 1862. Ta kuma kasance mai aiki a cikin kare tsibirin Roanoke a kan wani hari na amphibious da dakarun Tarayya suka yi a ranar 7 zuwa 8 ga Fabrairu, 1862, kuma a Elizabeth City, North Carolina kwana 2 bayan haka. Daga nan "Raleigh" ya tsere ta hanyar Dismal Swamp Canal zuwa Norfolk, Virginia.