 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Marine Corps yakaita basa duku muHondo yeVanhu 18611865; basa ravo rakakurumbira raiva basa rekudzivirira. Sezvo dzimwe nyika dzakawanda dzakatanga kubuda muUnited States, chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chevakuru vakuru veUnited States chakabva muUnited States kuti chibatane neConfederation ndokuumba Confederate States Marine Corps, iyo yakazopedzisira yaita basa shoma muhondo. Battalion revashandi vakaumbwa nokuda kweHondo Yokutanga yeBull Run yakaita zvisina kunaka, ichidzokera shure pamwe chete nemamwe mauto eUnion. Basa rokudzivirira rakanga richibatanidza kushanda kwezvikepe zvomugungwa kuti zvichengetedze nzvimbo dzokumberi. Mukupera kwaNovember 1861, maMarine navafambisi vengarava vakamhara vachiongorora nesimba kubva kuTybee Island, Georgia, kuti vatore Lighthouse neMartello Tower kumucheto kuchamhembe kwechitsuwa. Gare gare raizova hwaro hweuto hwokuputirwa kweFort Pulaski. Muna April naMay 1862, maUnion Marines akapinda mukutora nekugara kweNew Orleansuye kubatwa kweBaton Rouge, Louisiana, zviitiko zvinokosha muhondo izvo zvakabatsira kuchengetedza kutonga kweUnion kwepasi pemvura yeRwizi rweMississippi uye zvakaramba Confederacy chiteshi chikuru chengarava uye chiteshi chengarava paGulf Coast. 