 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sezvo Jackson akagura mutsara mukuru weBO kupinda muWashington kwemwedzi inopfuura mitanhatu, North Central nePennsylvania Railroads zvakawana purofiti kubva mukuzara kwemotokari, kunyange zvazvo zvitima zvakawanda zveBO zvakamira zvisina basa muBaltimore. Garret akaedza kushandisa vaanozivana navo muhurumende kuti awane dziviriro yaidiwa, kubva kuna Reverdy Johnson mumiririri weMaryland kusvika kuna General George McClellan uye Munyori weHurumende Salmon P. Chase. Sezvo nguva yechando yakatanga, mitengo yemarasha yakakwira muWashington, kunyangwe hazvo B O munaGunyana yakaronga kutakurwa kwemarasha mahara kubva kuCumberland, Maryland, terminal pasi peC O Canal iyo yakadzikisa mitengo zvishoma, kunyangwe maConfederates akakuvadzawo mugero weC O munguva yechando iyoyo. Uyezve, varimi vokumadokero vakanga vasingakwanisi kuendesa zvibereko zvavo kumisika nemhaka yokuvharwa kweBO, kwakangoderedzwa zvishoma nezhizha ra1861 kukunda kwemauto eUnion paHondo yePhilippi West Virginia neRich Mountain, uye mauto akasimba uye mapoka ebasa ekambani ayo akaderedza mukaha mukuru mutsetse kusvika kumakiromita 25 pakati peHarpers Ferry neBack Creek. 