 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo dzokutanga dzakatanga kumadokero kweVirginia yava kunzi West Virginia. Nharaunda yacho yakanga ine ukama hwepedyo nePennsylvania neOhio kupfuura neVirginia yokumabvazuva uye nokudaro yaipesana nokuparadzana; hurumende inotsigira Union yakakurumidza kurongwa uye yakakwidza kuna Lincoln nokuda kwekudzivirirwa kwemauto. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, aitungamirira Dhipatimendi reOhio, akarayira mauto kuti afambe kubva kuGrafton uye arwise maConfederate pasi paColonel George A. Porterfield. Kurwisana kwakaitika musi waJune 3, 1861, kwaizivikanwa seHondo yePhilippi, kana kuti Hondo yePhilippi, ndiyo yaiva hondo yokutanga yenyika muHondo yeVanhu. Kukunda kwake paHondo yeRich Mountainmuna July akanga achibetsera mukusimudzirwa kwake kuti atungamirire Hondo yePotomac. Sezvo hondo yakaramba ichienderera mberi kuburikidza nehuwandu hwehondo duku, General Robert E. Lee, uyo, pasinei nemukurumbira wake wakanaka seaichimbova colonel weU.S. Army, akanga asina ruzivo rwekurwira, akapa basa risina kunaka iro rakamupa zita remadunhurirwa rekunyomba Granny Lee. Akakurumidza kuendeswa kuCarolinas kunovaka masvingo. Kukunda kweUnion muhondo iyi kwakaita kuti nyika yeWest Virginia igadziriswe muna 1863. 