 Cutshaw akashanda pasi paGeneral Jubal Early panguva yeValley Campaigns ya1864, asi akapotsa Hondo yechitatu yeWinchestersezvo akanga achipinda mukati memiganhu yeFederal muWest Virginia ichangobva kuumbwa. Sezvo kukundwa kweConfederate kwakaratidzika kunge kusingadzivisike muna 1865, akagamuchira ronda rakakomba pagumbo panguva yeHondo yeSailors Creek, mazuva matatu pamberi peGeneral Robert E. Lees surrender paAppomattox. Vanachiremba vakaponesa upenyu hwaCutshaw, asi vakagura gumbo rake. 