Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Unionists sun yi nasara a farkon, Maris 1861, taron majalisa bayan zaben 1860 na Ibrahim Lincoln. Duk da haka, bayan da Carolina ta Kudu ta harbe Fort Sumter kuma Lincoln ya kira dakarun, a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 1861, wani taro na biyu ya taru a majalisar dokokin jihar. Bayan muhawara mai zurfi, an zartar da dokar rabuwa da kuri'u biyar masu adawa. Wakilan da suka yi hamayya guda huɗu sun yarda bayan da aka yi roƙo a amince da hakan. Isaac Murphy, wakili daga Madison County, ya tsaya duk da matsin lamba mai yawa. Bayan nasarar Union a yakin Bayou Fourche
a watan Satumbar 1863, Sojojin Tarayya sun mamaye ginin har zuwa karshen yakin.