 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waApril 19 Baltimore yakavhiringidzwa nemhirizhonga, panguva iyo vatsigiri veSouth vakarwisa mauto eUnion achipfuura neguta nechitima, zvichikonzera izvo zvaigona kunzi ndivo vekutanga kufa kweHondo Yenyika. Major General George H. Steuart, mutungamiri weMaryland Militia akarayira mauto ake kuti aungane, akashongedzerwa nezvombo uye akapfeka yunifomu, kuti adzivise varwi veFederal, sezvo Steuart pachake ainzwira tsitsi zvikuru kuConfederation, pamwe chete nevakawanda vevakuru vakuru vake. Zvichida achiziva izvi, uye pasina panikiro achiziva kuti pfungwa dzavose muBaltimore dzakanga dzakakamukana, Gavhuna Thomas Holliday Hicks haana kurayira kuti mauto aende. 