Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te pō o te 28 o Hune i mōhio ai a Lee kei te hoki whakamuri a McClellan, ka whakahau ia i a Magruder i te rā i muri mai kia whai tonu ia i te huarahi o Williamsburg me te Rerewhenua o York River. 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". I te kore o Jackson, o nga whakapakari mai i a Huger ranei, ka tupato a Magruder ki te teihana a 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 kaore he 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. "