 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pokubudirira paHondo yeBalls Bluff mukupera kwematsutso a1861, mukuru mukuru weConfederate Nathan George Evans akasimudzirwa kuva Brigadier General ndokuiswa mukutonga kweDhipatimendi reSouth Carolina neGeorgia. Kudzivirirwa kweCharleston kwakanga kuri chikamu chinokosha chemutoro wake, uye Edisto Island yaizova nzvimbo inokosha muzvirongwa zveUnion zvekufambira mberi muguta. North Edisto yakapa chiteshi chakachengeteka chemidziyo mikuru kubva mairi mauto eUnion aigona kuenda kuWhite Point kana Simons Landing, nzvimbo dziri pedyo neCharleston neSavannah Railroad. Mutungamiri weConfederate General P. G. T. Beauregard akarayira kudzivirirwa kweCharleston, South Carolina, pakutanga kweHondo yeVanhu paFort Sumter musi waApril 12, 1861. Muna May, Beauregard akashanda nemutungamiri weEdisto Island, John F. Townsend weBleak Hall Plantation kuti asimbise chitsuwa ichi. Zvisinei, pashure pokurasikirwa nenhevedzano yehondo muWest Virginia, Robert E. Lee akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri wezvidziviriro zvemhenderekedzo yegungwa mukupera kwegore. Lee aidavira kuti zvitsuwa zvomugungwa zvakanga zvisingagoni kudzivirirwa uye akasarudza chinyararire kugadza mutsetse wokudzivirira kure nomunyika. Gare gare gore iroro, muna November, mauto eUnion akagadzira mahombekombe egungwa, zvikurukuru paPort Royal. Vachipindura, varidzi veminda vakawanda vechichena vakatiza vachipinda mukati-kati. Vazhinji, kubatanidza paEdisto Island, vakapisa donje ravo vasati vatiza kudzivisa kuti chirimwa chisapinda mumaoko esangano. 