 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Basa raiitwa munhandare iyi muna 1861 rainyanya kuitwa nenyaya yokurwisana kwaiitwa pamusoro pomuganhu weMissouri. Missouri State Guard, yakabatana neConfederation, yakawana kukunda kukuru paHondo yeWilsons Creek uye Hondo Yokutanga yeLexington. Zvisinei, vakadzoserwa shure muHondo Yokutanga yeSpringfield. Mauto eUnion pasi paSamuel Ryan Curtis akakunda mauto eConfederate muHondo yePean Ridge kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweArkansas munaKurume 1862, achisimbisa kutonga kweUnion pamusoro pechikamu chikuru cheMissouri. Nzvimbo dzeMissouri, Kansas, neIndian Territory nhasi Oklahoma dzakaratidzirwa nebasa rakakura remagandanga munguva yese yehondo, chiitiko chinozivikanwa zvikuru chiri kuurayiwa kweLawrence muguta reUnionist reLawrence, Kansas muna Nyamavhuvhu 1863. 