 Apo varwi veMubatanidzwa kubva ku6th Massachusetts Militia uye mamwe mapoka emapoka emapoka epasi asina zvombo ePennsylvania anozivikanwa se Washington Brigade kubva kuPhiladelphia neboka ravo vakafamba nomuguta pakutanga kwehondo, vatsigiri veConfederate vakarwisa mauto, izvo zvakatungamirira kukudeura ropa kwokutanga muHondo yeHurumende panguva yeBaltimore mhirizhonga ya1861. Varwi vana uye vagari vemo gumi nevaviri vakaurawa mukati memhirizhonga, izvo zvakaita kuti mauto eUnion azotora Baltimore muna Chivabvu pasi paGeneral Benjamin F. Butler weMassachusetts. Maryland yakaiswa pasi pehurumende yakananga - muchidimbu, kudzivirira nyika kuti isaparadzane - kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo muna April 1865. 