Kammala wannan jumla: An kafa rundunar James River Squadron jim kadan bayan rabuwa da Virginia a lokacin yakin basasar Amurka. Rundunar ta kasance wani ɓangare na Virginia Navy kafin a canja shi zuwa Navy Navy. Rundunar ta fi shahara saboda rawar da ta taka wajen sintiri a Kogin James, wanda shine babban hanyar ruwa zuwa babban birnin Tarayyar, Richmond. Yana da matakai biyu: farkon yakin, lokacin da ya kunshi mafi yawan jirgi na katako (ban da sanannen CSS "Virginia") wanda ya ƙare tare da
Yaƙin Drewry's Bluff a ranar 15 ga Mayu, 1862; da kuma kayan aikinsa na baya-bayan nan tare da CSS "Virginia II".