 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva ya18611862 muhondo yeWestern Theater, Union yakawana zviwanikwa zvakakosha zvechigarire, kunyangwe muhondo yeEastern Theater, kupokana kwacho kwaive kusingagadzirisike. Muna September 1862, Lincoln akabudisa Emancipation Proclamation, iyo yakaita kuti kupedza uranda kuve chinangwa chehondo. Kumadokero, Union yakaparadza Confederate river navy muzhizha ra 1862, ipapo mazhinji emauto ayo ekumadokero, ndokutora New Orleans. Kukombwa kwakabudirira kweVicksburg neUnion muna 1863 kwakaparadzanisa Confederacy kuva mativi maviri paRwizi rweMississippi. Muna 1863, kudenha kuchamhembe kwakaitwa naGeneral Robert E. Lee weConfederate kwakaguma neHondo yeGettysburg. Kubudirira kweMadokero kwakatungamirira kuGeneral Ulysses S. Grants kuraira kwemauto ose eUnion muna 1864. Kuita kuti ngarava dzegungwa dzirambe dzichiwedzera kuvharaZviteshi zvengarava zveConfederate, mubatanidzwa wakaunganidza zviwanikwa uye vanhu kuti varwise Confederation kubva kumativi ose, zvichitungamira kukuwa kweAtlanta muna 1864 kuGeneral weUnion William Tecumseh Sherman uye kufamba kwake kuenda kugungwa. Hondo dzokupedzisira dzakakosha dzakapoteredza kukombwa kwemwedzi gumi kwePetersburg, gedhi reRichmond, guta guru reConfederate. 