 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Awọn iṣoro wọnyi ni a dinku diẹ nipasẹ awọn iṣẹgun Union ni Igba Irẹdanu Ewe 1861 ni Philippi ati Rich Mountain : , ati awọn ọmọ ogun ti o lagbara ati awọn ẹgbẹ iṣẹ ile-iṣẹ ti o dinku aafo ila akọkọ si awọn maili 25 laarin Harpers Ferry ati Back Creek. Sibẹsibẹ, laisi iranlọwọ lati ọdọ Akọwe Cameron, Garret bẹ awọn miiran, pẹlu Reverdy Johnson, Gbogbogbo George McClellan, ati Akọwe Iṣura Salmon P. Chase. 