Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te kitenga o Lee i te po o te 28 o Pipiri kei te hoki whakamuri a McClellan, i whakahau ia i a Magruder i te aonga ake ki te whai tonu i te Williamsburg Road me te York River Railroad. I takaro a Magruder i tetahi mahi ngoikore, i te mea i kii a Lee ka awhina a Jackson ki te "pupuhi kaha i te whai". Ki te kore a Jackson me nga whakapakari mai i a Huger, ka tupato a Magruder
i whakaekea i te teihana o Savage me te kaitiaki o muri o te Uniana, "i makona ki te pupuri i te whawhai me te tuunga" ki te kaha i nui ake i tana ake tata ki te 2-ki-1, a ka mutu te whawhai me te kore hua nui. I te mutunga o taua ahiahi ka riria ia e Lee: "E pouri ana ahau i te mea he iti noa te ahunga whakamua i a koe i tenei ra i te whai i te hoariri. Kia whiwhi ai tatou i nga hua o to tatou wikitoria me tino kaha te whai. Me akiaki ahau ki a koutou na ki te pēhi i runga i tona muri tere, me te mau. "