Hurumende yeUnited States (iyo Union) yakaramba zvirevo zvekuparadzaniswa uye yakafunga kuti Confederation yakavambwa zvisiri pamutemo. Hondo yakatanga nekurwiswa kweConfederate paFort Sumter musi waApril 12, 1861, nhare yeUnion muchiteshi cheCharleston, South Carolina. Hapana hurumende yekune dzimwe nyika yakazivisa zviri pamutemo Confederation senyika yakazvimiririra, kunyangwe Great Britain neFrance vakaipa chinzvimbo chekurwa, icho chakabvumidza vamiririri veConfederate kuti vabvumirane nekunetsekana kwakazvimirira nezvombo nezvimwe zvinhu. Mukutanga kwa1865, mushure memakore mana ekurwa kwakaomarara kwakatungamira kurufu rwemauto mazana matanhatu nemakumi mashanu nemakumi mashanu nemakumi mashanu ezviuru, mauto ese eConfederate akazvipira uye Confederation yakanyangarika. Hondo iyi yakanga isina magumo epamutemo; angangoita mauto ese eConfederate akamanikidzwa kuzvipira kana kuti akaparara nemaune pakupera kwa1865, panguva iyo simba revanhu rakadzikira uye zviwanikwa zve
Musi waApril 12, 1861