Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - N'ọnwa Machị 1861, e nyere Ferguson ọrụ dịka onye isi n'otu ndị agha South Carolina, emesịa a họpụta ya dịka Lieutenant na aide-de-camp na C.S. Army Brigadier-General P. G. T. Beauregard. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị ọrụ gọọmentị natara nnwere onwe nke US Army Major Robert Anderson na Fort Sumter, welitere ọkọlọtọ mbụ nke Confederate States, ma zipụ ndị nche mbụ na Fort Sumter. Mgbe nnọchibido ahụ gasịrị, e zigara ya ka o nyefee ọkọlọtọ Confederate mbụ nke onye iro gbara na Congress nke Oge nke Confederate States. Ọ bụ onye ọkaiwu-ọchịagha na onye enyemaka nke General Beauregard n'oge Agha nke Shiloh
Ọ dị mma. N'oge Agha nke Farmington, ọ nọ na 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment. Ọ duziri ndị otu ahụ mgbe ha na-agbachitere Vicksburg, ma nyere aka ịkwụsị mwakpo nke US Major-General William T. Sherman na US Commodore David Porter.