 Munhamburiko yokubata kutanga, kugoverazve, kudzivirira mapurazi mukati menguva yokukura uye kupesvedzera sarudzo dzeKongiresi yeU.S., kupindira kukuru kuviri kweConfederate munharaunda yeUnion kwakanga kwatangwa muna August naSeptember 1862. Vose vari vaviri Braxton Braggs invasion of Kentucky uye Lees invasionMauto eConfederate muMaryland akarambwa zvakasimba, achisiya maConfederate achidzora 63 chete yevagari vemo. Nyanzvi yeHondo yaVagari vemo Allan Nevins anoti 1862 yakanga iri nhambo yakakwirira yeConfederation. Kukundikana kwokupinda kwose kuri kuviri kwakanzi kwakakonzerwa nezvikanganiso zvakafanana zvisingagoni kugadziriswa: kushayikwa kwevanhu vari pamberi, kushayikwa kwezvinhu zvinosanganisira shangu dzinoshanda, uye kuneta pashure pekufamba kwenguva refu pasina zvokudya zvakakwana. Zvakare munaGunyana Confederate General William W. Loring akasundira maFederal mauto kubva kuCharleston, Virginia, uye Kanawha Valley kumadokero kweVirginia, asi kushaya kusimbiswa Loring akasiya chinzvimbo chake uye munaNovember nzvimbo yacho yakanga yadzoka mukutonga kweFederal. 