Marka uu bilowday dagaalkii sokeeye ee Maraykanka 1861, ciidamada Confederate waxay u isticmaaleen Windsor mansion dome sidii goob ilaalin iyo saldhigga calaamadaha. Gu'gii 1863, qayb ka mid ah ololihiisa Vicksburg, Ulysses S. Grant iyo 17,000 oo ciidamada Midowga ah ayaa ka degay dekedda Bruinsburg waxayna la wareegeen gacan ku haynta gurigii Windsor. Dagaalkii Port Gibson ka dib
, gurigan waxaa ciidamada Midowga u isticmaali jiray isbitaal iyo saldhig indho indheyn. Qoyska Daniell waxaa loo oggolaaday inay ku noolaadaan dabaqa saddexaad ee guriga inta lagu gudajiray qabsashada Midowga.