 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika April 1861 kwakanga kwava pachena kuti hondo yakanga isingadzivisiki. Musi waApril 16 mwanakomana mukuru waSteuart, George H. Steuart, panguva iyoyo mukuru muUnited States Army, akasiya basa rake rekutungamira kuti apinde muConfederation. Musi waApril 19 Baltimore yakavhiringidzwa nemhirizhonga, panguva iyo vatsigiri veSouth vakarwisa mauto eUnion achipfuura neguta nechitima, zvichikonzera izvo zvaigona kunzi ndivo vekutanga kufa kweHondo Yenyika. Steuart akarayira mauto ake kuti aungane, akashongedzerwa nezvombo uye akapfeka yunifomu, kuti adzivise varwi veFederal, sezvo Steuart pachake ainzwira tsitsi zvikuru kuConfederation, pamwe chete nevakawanda vevakuru vakuru vake. Zvinobvira kuti angave akatofunga nezvokupinda muWashington DC. Zvichida achiziva izvi, uye pasina mubvunzo achiziva kuti pfungwa dzavose muBaltimore dzakanga dzakakamukana, Gavhuna Thomas Holliday Hicks akaramba kurayira kuti mauto aende. Mwanakomana mukuru waSteuart akarayira rimwe remasoja eguta panguva yemhirizhonga yaApril 1861 uye, mutsamba kuna baba vake, Steuart muduku akanyora kuti: 