 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vanyori venhau dzakaitika vanoshora kubudirira kwaPurezidhendi Jefferson Davis, nechisungo chokubvumirana chokuti akanga asina kubudirira zvikuru kupfuura Abraham Lincoln. Somunhu aimbova mukuru mukuru wehondo, seneta, uye Gurukota reHondo, akanga ane chimiro uye ruzivo rwokuva purezidhendi, asi zvimwe zvikanganiso zvomunhu zvakapedza basa rake. Aiva nehanya nevamwe uye aidzvinyirira vamwe, aiva nechimiro chendangariro chisina kunaka, uye aiitirana nharo. Kupfurikidza nokurega mapato, akarasikirwa nomukana wokuvaka nzanga yomunzvimbomo yaizogovera tsigiro inodikanwa zvikuru mumaawa erima. Panzvimbo pezvo, iye akatora mutoro mukuru wokupomera nokuda kwezvinetso zvose nenjodzi. Davis akanga ane chiono chakadzama chenyika itsva ine simba, yakapfuma, Confederate States of America, yakavakirwa parusununguko rwavagari vayo vachena rwokuzvitonga. Zvisinei, mukupesana kukuru naLincoln, haana kutongokwanisa kutaura chiono ichocho kana kuti kugovera mutoo wakajeka wokurwisana nehondo. Akaregeredza zvinodikanwa zvavagari vomunyika zveConfederation apo aipedza nguva yakawandisa achipindira mumashoko ehondo. Kupindira kwaDavis muzvirongwa zvechiuto kwakaratidza kuva kusina maturo. Mirayiro yake yakajeka yokuti Vicksburg irambe iripo pasinei nokuti chii chakavhiringidza kuzvidzivirira bedzi kunobvira ndokutungamirira zvakananga kukuwa kweguta rachomuna 1863. 