 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yose, njanji iyi yaiva nechinangwa chikuru uye yaiva nzvimbo yekurwisana kuduku pakutanga kwehondo yacho. Masoja eMassachusetts eUnion akanga achienda kumaodzanyemba kunochengetedza Washington, D.C., asi Maryland, nyika yevaranda, yaiva nevatsigiri vakawanda vokumaodzanyemba uye apo mauto akaedza kufamba nomuguta racho mhirizhonga yeBaltimore ya1861akapukunyuka. Mauto akazoendeswa nechikepe kuAnnapolis, kwavakaedza kushandisa njanji kusvika kuWashington vachipfuura neAnnapolis Junction. Musi waApril 21, 1861, tambo dzetelegraph, injini yezvitima uye zvikamu zvakawanda zvetrack zvakanga zvaparadzwa navanhu vokuMaryland vakanga vasingagutsikani nomugumisiro wokupanduka kwacho. Njanji neinjini zvakakurumidza kugadziriswa nemauto aitungamirirwa naGeneral Benjamin Franklin Butler. 