I muri i te putanga mai i o ratou whare hotoke i Culpeper i te Mei 3, 1864, ka tukuna a Sands me ona hoa 88th Pennsylvania ki te Whakatairanga o te Whenua o Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, i te wa i whawhai ai ratou i nga pakanga o Spotsylvania Court House (i te Mei 8 me te 12), North Anna (Mei 23), Totopotomoy Creek
(Mei 26), me te White Oak Swamp (Hune 12) i mua i te whakaeke ki etahi atu hoia o te Uniana i te Siege o Petersburg, i te wa i whakaekea ai a Sands me tana rerenga me te whakaeke i te hoariri mai i nga waahi rereke i raro i te pupuhi pupuhi me te pupuhi. I muri mai, ka haere tonu ratou ki te tautoko i nga mahi whakapae.