Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An kirkiro Ma'aikatar Virginia a ranar 22 ga Mayu, 1861, don haɗawa da kowane yanki a cikin radius na 60 mil na Fort Monroe da kowane sassan Arewacin Carolina da Kudancin Carolina da Sojojin Union suka mamaye. An nada Manjo Janar Benjamin F. Butler a matsayin kwamandansa na farko. Yaƙe-yaƙe na farko da sojoji suka yi daga wannan sashen a ƙarƙashin Janar Butler sun haɗa da ayyukan Big Bethel da Hatteras Inlent
Ka yi haƙuri. A farkon sashen an kuma san shi da Sashen Kudu maso Gabashin Virginia.