 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure peHondo yeFort Sumter uye kudanwa kwakazoitwa naPurezidhendi Abraham Lincoln kwevanhu vanozvipira 75 000 muchirimo cha1861, Commonwealth yePennsylvania yakatanga kuronga mapoka emauto kuti ashande kwemazuva makumi mapfumbamwe muUnion Army. Sezvo mapoka avanozvipira uye varwi vakatanga kusvika muguta guru renyika paHarrisburg, varume vakaunganidzwa kuchamhembe kweguta paCamp Curtin. Musi waApril 20, 1861, makambani gumi evazvipiri akarongwa kuva chikwata uye akatumidzwa kuti 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry. Vazhinji vevakapinda basa racho vaibva pakati nepakati pePennsylvania. Zuva rakatevera racho vakatumirwa kuWashington asi chitima chavo chakamiswa pedyo neCockeysville, Maryland nemhaka yokuti VaSecessionists vakanga vapisa zambuko rechitima sorutivi rweBaltimore Riot. Chikwata chacho chakarara mumunda pedyo nechitima kwemazuva maviri, chichinetseka pamusoro pemamwe masimba masimba nemaSecessionists. Pashure pokunge tyisidziro yapfuura hurumende yakatumirwa kuYork, Pennsylvania ichisvika pana April 24. Vakapedza mwedzi wakatevera vachiboora nokurovedza. 