Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Magruder akabatanazve nevarume vake paBottom's Bridge, makiromita 12 kumabvazuva kweRichmond, pana May 9 uye akatorazve kutungamirira kubva kuna Jones. Chikamu chake, pamwe nevamwe muuto reNorthern Virginia, vakarayirwa kuti vadzoke musi waMay 15 kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero mhiri kweRwizi rweChickahominy mukugadzirira kudzivirira kweRichmond. Musi waMay 31, Johnston akaunganidza mapoka emaMajor General James Longstreet, DH Hill, naBenjamin Huger sechikamu chechikwata chakashinga
kurwisa kwakananga kuSeven Pines, uko kwaiva nechinangwa chokuparadzanisa mapoka maviri emubatanidzwa kumaodzanyemba kweChickahominy nekuvaparadza. Varume vaMagruder, vakachengetedzwa, vakarinda rutivi rworuboshwe rwesimba guru asi havana kuona chiito mukati mehondo yemazuva maviri. Pasinei nokukuvadzwa kwakawanda pazuva rokutanga, "mukana wacho wakarasika nokuda kwokusava nechokwadi uye chiito chisina kubatana", kuchiguma nerimwe hondo risingapedzisi.