Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Dilger kwenguva yakati akamira ari oga nepfuti ichipfura kanister yakapfurwa kaviri pavapanduki, ipapo akakwakuka kuti atize sezvo vaConfederates vakamupoterera. Matatu emabhiza ake epfuti akapfurwa akafa, uye paakaziva kuti pfuti yacho yaisagona kufambiswa, aifanira kuisiya. General Howard akatsiva zvishoma kuita kwake kusina kukwana pamberi pehondo noushingi hwake hwokuedza kuunganidza mauto. Akamira achidanidzira uye achizunguzira mureza wakabatwa pasi pedanda roruoko rwake rwakagurwa rwakarasika pa
Hondo yeSeven Pines muna 1862, achiregeredza ngozi yokupfurwa kwepfuti kwakasimba, asi akakwanisa kuunganidza mapoka maduku bedzi evarwi kuti arambe asati aputsika. Boka raColonel Adolf Buschbeck rakaita chiito chokupedzisira pamwe chete nezvombo zvaDilger. Ivowo vaifanira kudzokera shure, asi vakaramba vakarongeka sezvavaienda.