Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Bishii Maarso 1861, Ferguson waxaa loo magacaabay kabtan ka tirsan maleeshiyada South Carolina, ka dib waxaa loo magacaabay Taliye iyo caawiye xerada C.S. Ciidanka Guud ee Guud P. G. T. Beauregard. Waxa uu ka mid ahaa saraakiishii qaatay is dhiibista rasmiga ah ee Major Robert Anderson ee ciidanka Mareykanka ee Fort Sumter, wuxuu kor u qaaday calankii ugu horreeyay ee gobollada Confederate, wuxuuna diray ilaalada ugu horreeya ee Fort Sumter. Kadib go'doominta, waxaa loo diray inuu soo bandhigo calankii ugu horreeyay ee Confederate ee uu ku dhuftay rasaasta cadowga ee Golaha Ku-meelgaarka ah ee Gobollada Confederate. Wuxuu ahaa kornayl-ku-xigeen iyo kaaliyaha xerada ee General Beauregard intii lagu jiray
Dagaalkii Shiiloh. Intii lagu guda jiray dagaalkii Farmington, wuxuu ka tirsanaa Guutada 28aad ee Fardooleyda Mississippi. Wuxuu amar ku bixiyay qeybta inta uu difaacayay Vicksburg, wuxuuna gacan ka geystay joojinta weerarada ay fuliyeen Major-General William T. Sherman iyo US Commodore David Porter.