 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Zvazvakanga zviri pamuganhu waiparadzanisa Union neConfederation, Alleghenies yaiva pakati penzvimbo dzakatambudzwa zvakananga neHondo yeVanhu veAmerica 18611865. Imwe yehondo dzokutanga dzeHondo yakarwiswa nokuda kwekutonga kweStaunton neParkersburg Turnpike uye nokuda kwekuwana iyo yakapa kuB O Railroad. Hondo yeRich Mountain 11 Chikunguru 1861 yakapa maFederal kutonga kweiyo turnpike, yeTygarts Valley, uye yenharaunda yese yekumadokero kweVirginia kuchamhembe nekumadokero, kusanganisira njanji. Kukunda kwaGeneral weUnion George McClellan munhandare iyi pakupedzisira kwaizomuunzira kukwidziridzwa kumukuru weArmy of the Potomac. MaFederals akasimbisa paCheat Summit, uye maConfederates akagadzira nhare paCamp Bartow neCamp Allegheny. Pano vakatarisana nokungwarira mukati mokudonha kwa 1861 uye nguva yechando yakatevera. Kuedza kwaGeneral Robert E. Lee kurwisa Cheat Summit Fort Gunyana 1215, 1861 uye kuyedza kweFederal kurwisa Bartow neAllegheny, zvese zvakakundikana kushandura mamiriro ehurongwa. Pakupedzisira, nguva yechando yakaoma, yakakwirira yakakwanisa izvo mauto akanga akundikana kuita, uye muchirimo cha 1862 mauto ose maviri akafamba achienda pasi pemupike kuHondo yeMcDowellMay 8, 1862, uye ipapo kurwisana nezvakazova General Stonewall Jacksons Shenandoah Valley Campaign chirimo cha1862. Makore maviri gare gare, zvakawanda zvenharaunda iyi yaipokanwa pamwe nezvimwe zvakawanda zvakava rutivi rwenyika itsva yeWest Virginia. Nzvimbo yakasvibira zvikuru yeAlleghenies yakanga isingambobvumirwi nehondo yakakura-yakakura uye naizvozvo zviito izvo nzvimbo yacho yakaona nokuda kwekusara kwekupesana kwaive kazhinji kupandukira mumasikirwo. 