Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 10 ga Maris, 1862, Baturi E &amp; G, 1st US Artillery ya shiga Maj. Janar George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac yayin da ya fara yakin basasa a kan Virginia's York-James Peninsula. An haɗa baturin zuwa Artillery Reserve a karkashin Colonel Henry Jackson Hunt. Tafiya ta teku da sauka a Fortress Monroe, Baturi E & G ya shiga Siege na Yorktown, sa'an nan kuma ya koma yamma tare da Sojojin Potomac zuwa kogin Chickahominy. Bayan da
Yaƙin Fair Oaks, an kafa baturi ta Woodbury Bridge kusa da hedkwatar McClellan a tashar Savage har zuwa ranar 29 ga Yuni, 1862. Bayan Janar Robert E. Lee na Arewacin Virginia ya girgiza amincewar McClellan tare da jerin manyan hare-haren da aka bude a Yakin Kwanaki Bakwai a &lt;a href="Battle%20of%20Beaver%20Dam%20Creek"&gt; Beaver Dam Creek / Mechanicsville &lt;/a&gt; da Gaines' Mill, kwamandan kungiyar ya umarci rundunarsa ta V Corps (a arewacin Chickahominy) da ta koma kudu da kogin kuma ta bi sauran sojojin Potomac a kan koma baya zuwa ga rafin kogin James kusa da Harrison's Landing. An sake yin wannan sake fasalin daga Yuni 29 zuwa 30, 1862.