Qoraal kooban oo faahfaahsan oo ku saabsan qodobkan - Ururka Midowga wuxuu ku guuleystay shirkii ugu horreeyay ee ka soo baxay bishii Maarso 1861, 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. Kadib guushii midowga ee Bayou Fourche
Bishii Sebtember sanadkii 1863, ciidamada Federaalka ayaa qabsaday dhismaha ilaa dhamaadkii dagaalka.