 Apo mauto eMassachusetts akapfuura nomuguta racho pana April 19, 1861, achienda kuWashington, D.C., mhomho yevapanduki yakavarwisa; varwi 4 nevapanduki 12 vakanga vafa, uye varwi 36 nevapanduki vasingaverengeki vakanga vakuvadzwa. Gavhuna Thomas Hicks akaziva kuti paifanira kuitwa chimwe chinhu. Akaunganidza musangano chaiwo weGeneral Assembly asi akautamisira kunzvimbo iri muFrederick, kure nemapoka evapanduki. Mukuita izvi uye nezvimwe zviito, Hicks akakwanisa kubvisa General Assembly kuti adzivise kupatsanurwa kweMaryland kubva kuUnion, achiva gamba mumaziso evaMubatanidzwa mudunhu. Zvichakadaro, mapoka evatsigiri veConfederate akapisa mabhiriji aibatanidza Baltimore neWashington kuchamhembe, uye akagura tambo dzetelegraph. Lincoln akatumira mauto ehurumende pasi paGeneral Ben Butler; vakatora guta racho, vakaisa mutemo wehondo, uye vakasunga vatauriri vakuru veConfederate. Vasungwa vakazosunungurwa uye njanji dzakavhurwazve, zvichiita kuti Baltimore ive nzvimbo huru yeUnion munguva yehondo. 