 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Meade akarwisa vanhu vokuVirginia avo vaityisidzira kuparadzana pashure pokusarudzwa kwaPurezidhendi Abraham Lincoln, achiparidza paMillwood achipikisa hondo yevagari vemo yakanga yava kuda kutanga musi wa13 June, mwedzi inenge miviri pashure pokuparadzana kweVirginia. Kunyange zvakadaro, Meade aidavira kodzero dzehurumende ndokubvuma chisarudzo chokupedzisira cheCommonwealth yake yaanoda chokuparadzana. Kunyange zvazvo akanga ava pedyo nomudyandigere John Johns akanga ava mutsigiri wake makumi emakore akanga apfuura, Meade akava munhu anotungamirira muChechi yeEpiscopal yePurotesitendi muConfederate States of America. Muna 1859, nguva pfupi John Brown apamba Harpers Ferrykwete kure zvikuru nomugwagwa wenhoroondo weShenandoah Valley kubva kumusha wemhuri yaMeade nepurazi, Chechi yeEpiscopal yakaita Musangano wayo Mukuru muRichmond. Ikoko, Rt. Rev. Meade akanga akwegura akabetsera mamwe mabhishopi okumaodzanyemba kugadza Henry Champlin Lay somubishopi womufundisi weSouthwest. Makore maviri gare gare, Bhishopi Meade semubhishopi mukuru akaparadzana, akatungamira gungano muColumbia, South Carolina muna Gumiguru 1861, iro rakagadzira magwaro ekubatanidzwa. Zvisinei, haana kuenda kuMontgomery, Alabama kumusangano wokutanga wesangano musi waJuly 3-6, 1861. Nokudaro, Bhishopi Stephen Elliott weGeorgia akava Bhishopi Anotungamirira weConfederate Episcopal Church. 