<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ama-Unionist anqoba emhlanganweni wokuqala wokuzihlukanisa, ngo-March 1861, ngemva kokukhethwa kuka-Abraham Lincoln ngo-1860. Nokho, ngemva kokuba iNingizimu Carolina ihlasele iFort Sumter futhi uLincoln ebize amabutho, ekuseni ngo - May 6, 1861, umhlangano wesibili wokuzihlukanisa wahlangana e - State House. Ngemva kwempikiswano enzima, kwamukelwa umthetho wokuhlukana nezwe ngamavoti amahlanu aphikisayo. Izithunywa ezine eziphikisayo zanikezela ngemva kokukhuthazwa ukuba kuvunyelwane. UIsaac Murphy, ummeleli waseMadison County, wamelana naphezu kwengcindezi enkulu. Ngemva kokunqoba kwe-Union eMpini yaseBayou Fourche  <response>: ngo-September 1863, amabutho ase-Federal athatha lesi sakhiwo kwaze kwaphela impi. 