Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Ewell wuxuu si cajiib ah u hogaamiyay qeyb kamid ah ciidanka yar ee Jackson intii lagu jiray Ololaha Dooxada, isaga oo si shakhsi ah ugu guuleystey dhowr dagaal oo ka dhan ah ciidamada Midowga ee Major Gens. Nathaniel P. Banks, John C. Frémont, iyo James Shields dagaalkii Front Royal iyo
Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Winchester, Dagaalkii Cross Keys, iyo Dagaalkii Port Republic, siday u kala horreeyaan. Ciidanka Jackson ayaa markaa dib loogu yeeray Richmond si ay ugu biiraan Robert E. Lee si ay u ilaaliyaan magaalada ka dhanka ah Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac ee Ololaha Jasiiradda. Ewell wuxuu si muuqata ugu dagaalamay Gaines' Mill wuxuuna si fudud uga soo horjeestay Malvern Hill. Kadib markii Lee uu ka hortagay ciidanka Midowga ee Dagaalkii Todobada Maalmood, Ciidanka Virginia ee Union Major General John Pope ayaa ku hanjabay inay weerari doonaan woqooyiga, sidaa darteed Jackson ayaa loo diray inuu is hortaago. Ewell wuxuu mar kale ku guuleystay Banks dagaalkii Cedar Mountain bishii Agoosto 9 iyo, isagoo ku soo laabtay goobta dagaalka ee Manassas, wuxuu hoggaamiyay qeybtiisa ficilkii Beerta Brawner bishii Agoosto 28. Kubad Minie ah ayaa burburisay lugta midig ee Ewell wuxuuna jiifay dhulka dhowr saacadood ka hor inta aan la helin oo aan la qaadin. Lugaha ayaa laga jaray jilibka hoostiisa Ewellna wuxuu la kulmay soo kabasho xanuun badan oo bilaha socotay. Inkastoo uu helay lug alwaax ah, qaabka aan caadiga aheyn ee lugta ayaa ku adkeysay in lagu dhejiyo. Maalintii Christmaska, Ewell wuu dhaqaaqay wuxuuna ku dhacay Richmond, taasoo sii xumeysay dhaawaciisa.