Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Agusta 1861, Manjo Janar Benjamin F. Butler da Jami'in Flag Silas H. Stringham
An kama Fort Hatteras da Clark suna tsaron hanyar shiga cikin Pamlico Sound. Ya ɗauki watanni da dama kafin babban kwamandan kungiyar ya yi amfani da wannan nasarar. Butler da Stringham sun iya shawo kan Sakataren Navy Gideon Welles don ci gaba da karfi a Hatteras Inlet don ci gaba da yiwuwar ci gaba da aiki. Gwamnatin Lincoln ba ta yarda da mamaye Arewacin Carolina daga teku ba, amma Janar-in-Chief George B. McClellan ya goyi bayan irin wannan aikin. McClellan ya iya shawo kan Shugaba Lincoln ya ba da izinin aikin kuma ya zaɓi Brigadier Janar Ambrose E. Burnside ya jagoranci aikin.