Kammala wannan jumla: Ko da yake hukumar ta ba da shawarar cewa Fernandina, Florida, za a dauka a matsayin kudancin kudancin, an kama wasu wurare biyu kafin Fernandina. Ƙananan ƙananan
Sojojin Union sun kama sansanonin da ke Outer Banks na Arewacin Carolina kusa da Cape Hatteras a ranar 28 ga Agusta zuwa 29, 1861, kuma a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba babban aikin jirgin ruwa a Port Royal, South Carolina, ya haifar da kama wani tashar jiragen ruwa mai zurfi a tsakiyar tsakanin Savannah da Charleston. An shirya aikin Hatteras a matsayin hari; shirin ya bukaci a ci gaba da shi kawai don ya rufe Hatteras Inlet. Duk da haka, an canza shi zuwa wani hari, kuma ya jagoranci farkon shekara ta gaba zuwa cikakken mamayewa, wanda ake kira Burnside Expedition, wanda ya hada da kama tsibirin Roanoke kuma ya kafa rundunar sojojin Tarayyar a gabashin Arewacin Carolina. Port Royal a hannun Union ba da daɗewa ba aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin tushe don yin shinge na Savannah kusan cikakke, amma Charleston ba a rufe shi ba. Amfani da tashar jiragen ruwa ta hanyar masu tsere da kewaye da shi ya ragu, amma don rufe shi gaba daya ya buƙaci wasu daga cikin ayyukan da suka fi tsanani da kuma ci gaba da yakin basasa.