 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Musi waApril 15, 1861, Mutungamiriri weNyika Abraham Lincoln akadana vazvipiri 50 000 kuti varwe kuti vachengetedze Union. Zuva rakatevera racho, Bosbyshell akabatana neWashington Artillerists, boka remasoja emunharaunda, iro rakakurumidza kuenda kuWashington. Vari munzira, boka racho raifanira kufamba nomumigwagwa yeBaltimore musi waApril 17. Boka revanhu vane utsinye vevatsigiri veConfederate vakaungana; maererano nenhoroondo dzoupenyu hwake, akarohwa nemurwi wakatsanangurwa zvakasiyana-siyana sedombo kana chidhinha. Kunyange zvazvo rakamupa maronda makuru uye rakamuvhundutsa kwechinguva, chinhu chacho hachina kudhonza ropa; Private Bosbyshell anonzi ndiye murume wokutanga akakuvadzwa muNyika yeNyika, nepo mushandi weAfrica-America, akarohwa maminitsi mashomanana gare gare negomba rakapwanya ganda, akaonekwa semunhu wokutanga kudurura ropa rake nokuda kweNyika. Zvisinei, zvinyorwa zvepamutemo hazvirondedzeri Bosbyshell pakati pavakaurayiwa mumhirizhonga yeBaltimore. 