Cikakken jumla mai zuwa: Sabon muhimmin aikinta ya zo ne a lokacin bazara lokacin da aka aika da rundunar aiki a kan Fort Clark da Fort Hatteras a kan bankunan waje na Arewacin Carolina don bincika kewaye da ke gudana a yankin. Jiragen sun tashi daga Hampton Roads Agusta 26, 1861, don
Yaƙin Hatteras Inlet Batteries, na farko da aka haɗu da amphibious aiki na yaki. Washegari, "Harriet Lane",, kuma ya yi kusa da bakin teku don samar da tallafi kai tsaye ga masu saukowa, yayin da jiragen ruwa masu nauyi suka yi wa sansanin daga ruwa mai zurfi. An kashe juriya na karshe a rana mai zuwa, yana ba da kwarin gwiwar da ake bukata a Arewa, wanda aka yi watsi da wata daya kafin a ci nasara a yakin farko na Bull Run. Mafi mahimmanci shi ne gaskiyar cewa wannan haɗin gwiwar ya buɗe hanyoyin ruwa na ciki zuwa jiragen ruwa na Union kuma ya ba da Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron a cikin zurfin ruwa na kudancin.