dhamaystiro weedha soo socota: Keyes waxa uu ka shaqeeyay Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Bottom's Bridge, Savage's Station,
Toddoba geedo (Fair Oaks), Wadooyinka Charles City Cross, Malvern Hill, iyo Harrison's Landing. Halgankii Fair Oaks, Keyes wuxuu helay shahaadada brigadier general ee ciidanka caadiga ah. Dagaalkii todobada maalmood ka dib, McClellan wuxuu u dalacsiiyay dhamaan saraakiishiisa iyo saraakiishiisa qeybinta darajada sare ee guud, marka laga reebo Keyes, oo aan helin dallacsiin wuxuuna sii ahaaday brigadier general. Markii ciidanku ku soo laabtay Washington DC horraantii bishii Agoosto, Keyes iyo mid ka mid ah laba qaybood oo ka tirsan Ciidanka 4-aad ayaa si joogto ah looga tagay Jasiiradda oo qayb ka ah Waaxda Jeneraal John Dix ee James. Bishii Maarso 12, 1863, Madaxweyne Abraham Lincoln wuxuu u magacaabay Keyes kor u qaadista darajada sare ee guud, U.S. Volunteers, si ay u kala sarreeyaan laga bilaabo Maajo 5, 1862 iyo Senate-ka Mareykanka ayaa xaqiijiyay abaalmarinta Maarso 13, 1863. Marka lagu daro Ciidanka 4-aad, wuxuu amar ku bixiyay Degmada Yorktown, Ciidanka 7-aad, iyo qeybta Suffolk. Dhaqdhaqaaqyada kale ee Keyes waxaa ka mid ahaa duulaankii Aqalka Cad, Virginia, Janaayo 7, 1863, iyo safarkii West Point, Virginia, May 7, 1863.