Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Wissahickon" an gina shi a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An ba shi izini a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1861, ya fara aiki a Gulf of Mexico da kuma a kan kogin Mississippi, inda a watan Afrilu zuwa Yuli na shekara ta 1862 ya shiga cikin kama New Orleans, da kuma bombardment na Grand Gulf.
, sau biyu ya wuce garuruwan da ke da iko a kogin Vicksburg da kuma yaƙi da ironclad.