Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Mayun 1861, 2nd Lt Heywood ya ci gaba da zama na farko, kuma a matsayin haka ya sauka tare da Marines a Hatteras Inlet
, inda ya kasance a lokacin kama duka Fort Clark da Fort Hatteras. An ci gaba da kyaftin din a watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, kuma a lokacin hunturu na 1861 <unk> 62 ya shiga cikin wasu jiragen ruwa a cikin kogin James.