 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kweHondo yeVanhu musi waApril 19, 1861, Gaithers Raiders, chikamu cheConfederate Howard County Dragoons kubva kuOakland Manor, vakafamba kuburikidza neEllicotts Mills kuenda kuBaltimore, vachipindura mhirizhonga yeBaltimore ya1861, vasati vaenda kumaodzanyemba kunobatana naJ. E. B. Stuart. Gare gare mwedzi iwoyo, mauto eUnion Army akabata Winans Steam Gun iyo yakanga iri munzira kuenda kuHarpers Ferry, Virginia, paEllicotts Mills. Pfuti yokuedza yakanga yagadzirwa nomuvaki womunzvimbomo womunzvimbomo womunzvimbomo wokuSouth uye muzvinabhizimisi Ross Winans. Mumatsutso a1862, 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry yakapiwa basa rokurinda Ellicotts Mills, vachigadzira Camp Johnson yevarume 1,200 pamunda wePatapsco Female Institute iri pedyo. Musi waChikunguru 10, 1864, kupamba kwechitatu kweConfederate kuchamhembe, kwaitungamirwa naGeneral Jubal Early, kwakamanikidza kudzoserwa kwemauto eFederal pasi pekutungamira kwaGeneral Lew Wallace pasi peNational Pike kubva kuHondo yeMonocacy kuenda kuB. Os Ellicotts Mills chiteshi uye kuBaltimore. Kunonoka kwezuva rimwe neuto duku raWallace paMonocacy Junction kwakabvumira Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant kukurumidza kutumira mauto kuti adzivirire guta guru reU.S. Dzimba nemachechi muEllicotts Mills zvaishandiswa kwenguva pfupi sezvipatara zvevarwi veUnion vakanga vakuvara. 