<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akazvarwa muNew York, uye gweta reIowa, William W. Belknap akapinda muHondo Yenyika DzeAmerica muna 1861 achirwira Union. Belknap, achishumira zvinobudirira paShiro uye  <response>: Atlanta, akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru pakupera kwehondo. Belknap aizivikanwa nokuda kwokushumira nenzira inotonhorera pasi pokumanikidzwa paShiro uye nokuda kwokurwisa noushingi chibhakera cheConfederate paAtlanta. Pakupera kwehondo muna 1865, Belknap akasiya basa muchiuto uye akagadzwa semutero wemukati muKeokuk; achishanda kusvika muna 1869. Mushure mokunge Secretary of War John A. Rawlins afa muna 1869, Mutungamiri Ulysses S. Grant akagadza Belknap kuti atungamirire Dhipatimendi reHondo. Grant aidavira kuti Belknap akanga ashumira norukudzo uye akanga akafanirwa nenzvimbo muhurumende. 