<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Umsunguli waseNew York, nommeli wase-Iowa, uWilliam W. Belknap wangenela iMpi Yombango YaseMelika ngo-1861 elwela i-Union. UBelknap, owayekhonze ngokuphumelelayo eShilo nase-Atlanta  <response>: , waqokwa waba ngujenene omkhulu ekupheleni kwempi. UBelknap wayaziwa ngokukhonza ngomoya ophansi ngaphansi kwengcindezi eShilo nangokushaya ngesibindi amabutho aseNyakatho e-Atlanta. Ekupheleni kwempi ngo-1865, uBelknap wathatha umhlalaphansi ebuthweni lezempi futhi waqokwa njengomqoqi wemali engenayo yangaphakathi eKeokuk; esebenze kuze kube ngu-1869. Ngemva kokushona kukaNgqongqoshe Wezempi uJohn A. Rawlins ngo-1869, uMongameli u-Ulysses S. Grant wamisa uBelknap ukuba abe yinhloko yoMnyango Wezempi. UGrant wayekholelwa ukuthi uBelknap wayekhonze ngenhlonipho futhi wayefanelwe isikhundla esiphakeme. 