Kamfen din McClellan na Peninsula zuwa Richmond ya tsaya a
Yaƙin Bakwai Bakwai a ranar 31 ga Mayu da Yuni 1. Bayan Kamfen na Valley ya ƙare a tsakiyar watan Yuni, an kira Jackson da sojojinsa su shiga rundunar sojojin Robert E. Lee na Arewacin Virginia don kare babban birnin. Ta hanyar amfani da ramin jirgin kasa a ƙarƙashin Dutsen Blue Ridge sannan kuma ya kai sojoji zuwa gundumar Hanover a kan Virginia Central Railroad, Jackson da sojojinsa sun yi mamaki a gaban McClellan a Mechanicsville. Rahotanni sun sanya dakarun Jackson a cikin Shenandoah Valley; kasancewarsu a kusa da Richmond ya kara da yawa ga kwamandan kungiyar ta Union da ke da karfi da yawan sojojin da ke gabansa. Wannan ya tabbatar da muhimmiyar mahimmanci a cikin shawarar McClellan don sake kafa sansaninsa a wani wuri mai nisan kilomita daga Richmond a kan James River a Harrison's Landing, ainihin koma baya wanda ya kawo karshen yakin basasa na Peninsula kuma ya ci gaba da yakin kusan kusan shekaru uku.