<prompt> Suro kәntagә March 1861 lan, Ferguson dә suro South Carolina militiabe dәn kaptain ro kәrmai, ngawo adәn letant-a kuru aide-de-camp-a ro kәrmai C.S.-be Brigadier-General P. G. T. Beauregard-a ro kәrmai. Shiye kam faldo askǝrwa U.S. Army Major Robert Andersonbe kǝlanzǝ kǝlanzǝa gǝnatǝgǝramzǝna ma suro Fort Sumterben, alama lardǝwa Confederatebe buro salakye dǝga fuwuzǝna, kuru askǝrwa buro salakye dǝga suro Fort Sumterbe dǝro sǝdǝna. Ngawo kǝriwu dǝn, sha zuwuna alama Confederate ye buro salakye dǝwo kǝriwu soye bǝtǝrǝnzǝna dǝa Congress kǝre Confederate States ye dǝro sadǝro. Shi dǝ kamanzǝwu-koronel-a kuru aide-de-camp General Beauregard-be wo suro kǝriwu Shilohbe dǝlan  <response>: kǝla kǝnǝngabe. Loktu kǝriwu Farmingtonben, shi suro 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regimentben kara. Shiye amari cidәye dәga sәdәna loktu Vicksburg-a nzәrtaliwu dәn, kuru banazәna kәrmai dәwo U.S. Major-General William T. Sherman-a U.S. Commodore David Porter-a dәye sәdәna dәga tangartә ro. 