Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Machị 1861, e nyere Ferguson ọrụ dịka onye isi na ndị agha South Carolina, emesịa họpụta ya 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 lieutenant-colonel na aide-de-camp na General Beauregard n'oge
Agha nke Shaịlo. 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.