Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Keyes akaona chiito paLee Mill, Yorktown, Bottom's Bridge, Savage's Station, Seven Pines
(Fair Oaks), Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, uye Harrison's Landing. Nokuda kwoushingi hwake paFair Oaks, Keyes akagamuchira chinzvimbo chebhurigadi mukuru muuto rehurumende. Mushure mekurwa kwemazuva manomwe, McClellan akasimudzira vese mauto ake uye vatungamiriri vezvikamu kusvika pachinzvimbo chevakuru vakuru, kunze kwaKeyes, uyo asina kugamuchira kukwidziridzwa uye akaramba ari brigadier general. Apo hondo yakadzokera kuWashington D.C. mukuvamba kwaAugust, Keyes uye imwe yezvikamu zviviri zve IV Corps yakasara zvachose kumashure kwePeninsula sechikamu cheGeneral John Dix's Department of the James. Musi waMarch 12, 1863, Mutungamiri Abraham Lincoln akasarudza Keyes kuti akwidziridzwe kuva mukuru mukuru, U.S. Volunteers, kuti ave nechinzvimbo kubva musi waMay 5, 1862 uye Seneti yeU.S. yakasimbisa mubairo musi waMarch 13, 1863. Mukuwedzera kune IV Corps, akatungamirira Yorktown District, VII Corps, uye chikamu paSuffolk. Zvimwe zvakaitwa naKeyes zvaisanganisira kurwisa White House, kuVirginia, musi waJanuary 7, 1863, uye kuenda kuWest Point, kuVirginia, musi waMay 7, 1863.