 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akadzidza paBowdoin College, Andrew akanga ari munhu anotsunga kubvisa uranda kubva pazera duku, akabatanidzwa mukudzivirirwa kwepamutemo kwavaranda vakapukunyuka vachipesana navanatenzi vaitsvaka kudzorerwa kwavo. Akapa rutsigiro rwemutemo kuna John Brown pashure pokupinda kwake muna 1859 paHarpers Ferry, Virginia, kuchisimudza mukurumbira wake nokumukurudzira kuti ave gavhuna weMassachusetts. Andrew akanga ari inzwi rinoramba richitsoropodza mutungamiri wechi16 Abraham Lincoln pamusoro pehondo, uye achimumanikidza kuti agumise uranda. Pakupera kwehondo, zvematongerwe enyika zvake zvakanga zvadzikama, uye akasvika pakutsigira aimbova Mutevedzeri waPresident Lincoln, War Democrat, zvino mutungamiri wechi17 Andrew Johnsons Reconstruction agenda. 