 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi miviri asati asvitsa makore 29 okuberekwa, J. Wallace Scott akava mumwe wevanhu vePennsylvania vakatanga kupindura chikumbiro chaPurezidhendi Abraham Lincoln chokuzvipira kuzodzivirira Washington, D.C. pashure pokunge Fort Sumter yaparadzwa muna April 1861 neConfederate States Army. Mushure mekunyoresa basa remauto muWest Chester musi waJune 4, 1861, akaunganidza semunhu wega neCompany A ye1st Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment inozivikanwawo se30th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chemuchinda munguva yake yebasa, iye nevarume vake vakatora ngoro mbiri dzekupa vavengi pavakapihwa mabasa epiketi pamwe neAnnapolis Railroad mutsetse muVirginia muna Nyamavhuvhu 1861. Dzakakweviwa nemabhiza maviri rimwe nerimwe, ngoro dzacho dzakanga dzakatakura zvinhu zvegoridhe nesirivha zvaikosha madhora 5.000 zvaizoshandiswa pakuita yunifomu dzeuto reCSA nemireza, uyewo zvinhu zvechinine zvaizoshandiswa navanachiremba veCSA. Akabatanidzwa nehurumende yake muhondo dzeZuva rechinomwe pedyo neRichmond, Virginia kubva munaJune 25 kusvika munaJuly 1, 1862, kusanganisira hondo dzeBeaver Dam Creek June 26, Gainess Mill June 27, Savages StationChikumi 29, Glendale Chikumi 30, uye Malvern Hill Chikunguru 1, akabva arwa muhondo yechipiri yeBull Run Nyamavhuvhu 28-30, uye hondo dzeSouth Mountain Gunyana 14 uye Antietam Gunyana 17. Akakwidziridzwa kusvika pachinzvimbo chesajenda, akaburitswa zvine rukudzo musi wa 23 Gumiguru kuitira kuti atore chinzvimbo chitsva nechikwata chakasiyana. 