Wax ka sii qor faqradan - Ka hor iyo intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Sokeeye, Pennsylvania waxay ahayd gobol kala qaybsan. Inkastoo Pennsylvania ay mamnuucday addoonsiga, dad badan oo muxaafid ah oo reer Pennsylvania ah ayaa aaminsan in dowladda federaalka aysan faragelin ku yeelan karin hay'adda addoonsiga. Mid kamid ah shaqsiyaadkaasi wuxuu ahaa James Buchanan, oo ka tirsanaa xisbiga dimuqraadiga, madaxweynihii ugu dambeeyay ee ka horeeyay dagaalkii sokeeye. Xisbiga Buchanan wuxuu guud ahaan ku guuleystay doorashooyinka madaxweynaha iyo gobolka Pennsylvania. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, shirweynihii ugu horeeyay ee xisbiga Jamhuuriga
doorashooyinki 1860 kii xisbiga Jamhuuriga ayaa ku guuleystay codadkii madaxtinimada gobolka iyo xafiiska gudoomiyaha. Kadib guuldaradii Heshiiskii Crittenden, kala guurka Koonfurta, iyo Dagaalkii Fort Sumter, Dagaalkii Sokeeye wuxuu bilaabmay Pennsylvania oo xubin muhiim ah ka ah Midowga. In kasta oo guushii Jamhuuriga ee doorashadii 1860-kii, haddana Dimuqraadiyiintu waxay sii ahaadeen kuwo awood leh gobolka, iyo dhowr "copperheads" oo ku baaqay nabadda intii lagu jiray dagaalka. Dimuqraadiyiintu waxay dib ula wareegeen maamulka sharci dejinta gobolka doorashadii 1862, laakiin guddoomiyihii jamhuuriga ahaa ee xilka hayey Andrew Curtin ayaa gacanta ku haya guddoomiyaha gobolka 1863. Doorashadii 1864, madaxweyne Lincoln wuxuu si dhib yar uga adkaaday dhalasho ahaan Pennsylvania George B. McClellan codadka doorashada gobolka.