 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1864, Dare Rinodzora reWest Virginia rakabvumidza mureza weChitatu Regiment yeWest Virginia Volunteer Infantry kubvuma hondo dzechikwata ichi paCharleston, Vicksburg, Jackson, neMissionary Ridge, ose ari mana akanyorwa pamureza. Iyi ndiyo yaive yekutanga pakati pemireza yakawanda yehondo kumiririra West Virginia mushure mekugadzwa kwenyika iyo yaishandiswa nemasoja eWest Virginia regiments muhondo yese. Mureza wehondo yenyika wakapihwa kune imwe neimwe yeWest Virginias Union regiments panguva yehondo. Aya mireza yenyika yokutanga akanga ari makwere emucheka wesirivha, uye akanga ari ebhuruu rakasviba uye akavezwa nemhete dzendarama. Rutivi rwokumberi rwemireza iyi rwakanga rwakavezwa nechisimbiso chitsva chenyika mukati me oval, pamwe chete nezita reWest Virginia regiment uye mazita nemisi yehondo dzavakanga vatora chikamu. Kurutivi rwokumusoro, chiratidzo chorudzi rweUnited States chakanga chakanyorwa uye chaiva negondo rine mhanza namapapiro aro akatambanudzwa, rakabata tswanda yemiseve 13 muchitsitsinho charo chokurudyi uye davi romuorivhi muruoko rworuboshwe, uye nhoo ine mavara matatu yakaiswa muchipfuva charo. Mumuromo wayo, gondo racho raiva rakabata mupumburu waiva nemutauro wechiLatin waiti E pluribus unum ChiNgezi: Kune Vakawanda, Mumwe. Mushure mokupera kweHondo Yenyika yeAmerica, nyika yeWest Virginia yakanga isina mureza wepamutemo, uye nyaya yacho haina kutangwa kutozosvikira pakutanga kwezana remakore rechi20. 