 "Lodana" remained on active blockade off the coast of South Carolina, at Bull’s Bay or Charleston, returning intermittently to Port Royal for supply or repairs through September.On 20 April, the steamer captured English brig "Minnie" out of Nassau, Bahamas, attempting to run the blockade in Bull’s Bay and sent her to Philadelphia.From 12 to 16 June, the warship’s batteries engaged the Confederate guns on Morris and Folly Islands in Charleston Harbor.