Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ƙarshen yakin Gettysburg da kuma bin bin bin sojojin Confederate, an ba da umurnin yin aiki a kan Orange da Alexandria Railroad. Wannan ya ci gaba har zuwa Satumba 12, lokacin da ya kasance wani ɓangare na ci gaba daga Rapidan zuwa Rappahannock River. Sa'an nan kuma rundunar ta shiga cikin Bristoe da Mine Run
kamfen, wanda ya ƙare a ranar 2 ga Disamba. Bayan haka, rundunar ta kafa sansani don hunturu a Stevensburg, Virginia, har zuwa Mayu 3, 1864.