Buuxi weedha soo socota: Bishii May 1862, ka dib markii ay ciidamada koonfurta ka baxeen Norfolk intii lagu jiray ololihii Jasiiradda, wuxuu ka caawiyay dhismaha difaaca Richmond ee wabiga James
Halka uu Drewry ku noolyahay. Muddo yar ka dib, wuxuu hoggaamiyay guurtidiisa dagaalkii Seven Pines, iyo dagaalkii Malvern Hill. Kadib difaaca Richmond, guutada Mahone waxaa loo qoondeeyay qeybta Huger, qeybta Richard H. Anderson waxayna ku dagaalameen dagaalkii labaad ee Bull Run, halkaas oo Mahone lagu toogtay laabta isaga oo hoggaaminaya guurtidiisa oo ku socota Chinn Ridge. Dherer yar, miisaankana uu yahay 5 kg, waxaa loogu magac daray "Little Billy". mid kamid ah askartiisu waxay tidhi, "Wuxuu ahaa askar, inkastoo aysan jirin wax badan oo askar ah" Otelia Mahone waxay ka shaqaynaysay Richmond iyadoo kalkaaliso caafimaad ah, markii Guddoomiyaha gobolka Virginia John Letcher uu soo diray erey ah in Mahone uu ku dhaawacmay Bull Run labaad, laakiin uu helay kaliya "dhaawaca jidhka". Waxaa la sheegay inay ku jawaabtay "Hadda waan ogahay inay dhab tahay maxaa yeelay William ma laha hilib haba yaraatee".