Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Patterson akatungamirira brigade rake paWilliamsburg neSeven Pines
, asi mukati mehondo yokupedzisira, aifanira kurega kutungamirira nemhaka yechirwere, sezviri pachena fivha yeTyphoid. Akatora zororo musi wa7 June uye nokudaro akarasikirwa nehondo dzemazuva manomwe chose chose. Pakazosvika July, akanga ava kunzwa zvakanaka zvakakwana kuti atore mabasa okutarisira pamahofisi makuru ehondo. Patterson haana kudzokera kunzvimbo yekuraira kusvika mumwedzi yekudonha paakatangazve kutungamira bhirigedhi rake rekare, zvino muchikamu chaDaniel Sickles. Zvisinei, kurwara kwakadzokororwa kwakaramba kuchimutambudza.