 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pakutanga kweHondo yeVanhu, Mauto eUnion akabatanidza mauto akawanda emarudzi kubva kuUnited States achienda kuUnited States, kunyanya nokuti vakapiwa basa rehurumende neHurumende dzavo vachipindura chikumbiro chaPurezidhendi Abraham Lincoln chevanhu vanozvipira kuti vasiye kupandukira kweConfederate States. Kana mauto makuru ezvikamu izvi asina kugamuchira kugadzwa neMutungamiri weUnited States uye kusimbiswa neUnited States Senate uye kupinda mubasa rehurumende pamwe nezvikamu zvavo, mauto matsva ehondo yeUnited States akagadzwa uye akasimbiswa kumabhirigidhi ehondo yeUnited States kana zvikamu umo mauto akaiswa. Hurumende dzaiwanzoramba kana kuti dzaiunganidza mamwe mauto kuti azvidzivirire munzvimbo dzacho asi mauto aya, kusanganisira vakuru vakuru vemauto, aisanyanya kurwa muhondo yevagari vemo sezvinoitwa nehurumende. Mauto ehurumende akaramba ari pasi pehurumende haana kusiya nyika dzavo kuti aende kunoshanda kune imwe nzvimbo uye hondo shoma kana kuti zviito zviduku zvakarwiwa muNorthern States. Hondo dzeSouth Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg uye Monocacydzaiva pakati pezviitiko zvinokosha. 