 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kutonga kweConfederate pamusoro penzvimbo yayo inonzi nevanhu mumatunhu ekongiresi kwakadzikira zvishoma nezvishoma kubva pazvikamu zvitatu kusvika pachikamu chimwe muzvitatu munguva yeAmerican Civil War nekuda kwekubudirira kwemisangano yeNyika yeNyika, kutonga kwayo nzira dzemvura dzemukati dzekuSouth, uye kuvharirwa kwayokumhenderekedzo yokumaodzanyemba. Nechiziviso cheEmancipation musi waJanuary 1, 1863, Union yakaita kuti kubviswa kwouranda kuve chinangwa chehondo kuwedzera pakubatanidzwazve. Sezvo mauto eUnion akafamba akananga kumaodzanyemba, varanda vakawanda vomuminda vakasunungurwa. Vazhinji vakabatana nemitsetse yeUnion, vachinyoresa mubasa semasoja, vatyairi vemotokari uye vashandi. Kufambira mberi kunoshamisa zvikurusa kwakanga kuri March to the Sea yaSherman mukupera kwa 1864. Zvizhinji zvezvivako zveConfederation zvakaparadzwa, kubatanidza telegraphs, njanji nemabhiriji. Minda yaiva munzira yemasoja aSherman yakakuvadzwa zvikuru. Kufamba mukati meConfederation kwakava kwakaoma zvikuru, kuchikanganisa upfumi hwayo uye kuderedza kufamba kweuto. 