 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa5 Ndira 1862, hurumende yakabatanidzwa muBlues Gap Affair. Musi wa 23 March, yaiva paKernstown, hondo yokutanga yeConfederate Major General Thomas J. Stonewall nhimbe yaJackson muMupata weShenandoah. Hondo yacho yakanga iri kukunda kweUnion, gare gare ichiratidza kuva kukundwa kwaJackson bedzi muhondo. Hondo yokupedzisira yeJacksons Valley Campaign yaiva Hondo yePort Republic, rakaitwa musi wa9 June. Pano, cheChinomwe chakarwa zvinobudirira zvikuru. Nezvombo zvisingasviki zviuru zvitatu, uto raJackson revanhu zviuru gumi nezvina rakabatwa mumaoko kwemaawa mashanu. Zvisinei, mauto eUnion pakupedzisira akamanikidzwa kudzokera shure. 