 Zvinhu zvitatu zvakatungamirira kumutsidzirwa kwepfungwa yacho: kutanga kweHondo dzeAmerica dzeIndia nemadzinza muMinnesotauye paGreat Plains; kusada kwemauto eFederal akanga abvumirwa asi asina kuchinjaniswa kushandiswa kuvarwisa; uye kupikisa kwehurumende yeConfederate yokuti kushandiswa kwose kwemauto akanga abvumirwa kushanda muhondo yevaIndia kwaiva kuputsa mutemo weDixon Hill wevasungwa vehondo. General Gilman Marston, mukuru mukuru womusasa mukuru wevasungwa vehondo paPoint Lookout, Maryland, akakarakadza kuti vasungwa veConfederate vanyorwe muU.S. Navy, iyo Munyori weHondo Edwin Stanton akabvumidza December 21. Mutongi wechiuto Benjamin Butler aibatanidza Point Lookout, uye akapa zano Stanton kuti vasungwa vakawanda vaigona kunyorwa nokuda kweHondo kupfuura Navy. Nhau yacho yakabva yaendeswa kuMutungamiri Lincoln, uyo akapa mvumo yemuromo pana January 2, 1864, uye mvumo yepamutemo pana March 5 yokurera 1st United States Volunteer Infantry nokuda kwebasa remakore matatu pasina ganhuriro dzokushandisa. 