Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Ururka Midowga wuxuu ku guuleystay shirkii ugu horeeyay, Maarso 1861, shirkii gooni u goosadka ka dib doorashadii 1860 ee Abraham Lincoln. Si kastaba ha noqotee, ka dib markii South Carolina ay rasaas ku furtay Fort Sumter oo Lincoln uu ku baaqay ciidamo, subaxnimadii May 6, 1861, shirkii labaad ee gooni u goosadka ayaa lagu soo ururiyey Guriga Gobolka. Dood dheer kadib, xeerka kala guurka waxaa la ansixiyay shan cod oo diiday. Afar ergo oo ka soo horjeeda ayaa diiday kadib markii la codsaday in la ansixiyo. Isaac Murphy, oo ah ergeyga Madison County, ayaa istaagay inkastoo cadaadis ba'an loo saaray. Guushii Midowga kadib
Dagaalkii Bayou Fourche bishii Sebtember 1863, ciidamada Federaalka ayaa qabsaday dhismaha inta ka hartay dagaalka.