Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da Confederate ya koma baya zuwa Virginia, Brockenbrough ya yi ƙoƙari ya dawo da wasu daga cikin sunansa da aka lalace ta hanyar yin mummunan ci gaba a kan sojojin Union a Falling Waters a ranar 14 ga Yuli, yana shan wahala da yawa. Kwana biyar bayan haka, tsohon kwamandan kwamandan Brockenbrough, Brig. Janar Henry Harrison Walker, ya ba da umurnin brigade, ya mayar da Brockenbrough zuwa 40th Virginia, wanda ya jagoranci a Bristoe da Mine Run
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 21 ga Janairu, 1864, Brockenbrough ya yi murabus daga rundunar sojojin Amurka. Ya riƙe matsayinsa na colonel a cikin ajiya har zuwa ƙarshen 1864.