Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te putanga mai i o raatau nohoanga hotoke i Culpeper i te Mei 3, 1864, ka tukuna a Sands me ona hoa 88th Pennsylvania ki a Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, 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 whakauru ki etahi atu hoia o te Uniana i te Siege o Petersburg, i te wa i whakaekehia 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.