Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Magruder akabatanazve navarume vake paBottom's Bridge, mamaira 12 kumabvazuva kweRichmond, pana May 9 uye akatorazve kutonga 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 madhipatimendi eMajor General James Longstreet, DH Hill, naBenjamin Huger sechikamu chekurwisa kwakashinga kuenda kuSeven Pines
, iyo yaida kupatsanura mauto maviri eUnion 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.