Sii wad qodobkan - Inta lagu gudajiray marxaladihii ugu horeeyay ee go'doominta, Ricketts wuxuu sii waday inuu ku amro batteriga uu la leeyahay Ciidanka II. Tani waxaa ka mid ahaa kaalinta taageerada qeybta BG Gershom Mott ee Dagaalkii Labaad ee Deep Bottom. Kadib markii ay ku soo laabteen Petersburg, waxaa loo qoondeeyay jagooyinka u dhow Jerusalem Plank Road. Xilligaas, Kabtan Ricketts wuxuu hogaaminayay maxkamad baaris ku saabsan luminta qoryaha Dagaalkii Labaad ee Ream's Station
Waxaad Wuxuu sidoo kale ka tirsanaa guddiga go'aaminaya cutubyada ku dari kara magacyada dagaallada gaarka ah calankooda. Bishii Diseembar 1864, Ricketts, oo ah "ku-simaha sarkaalka", wuxuu amray baytariyada II Corps ee ka shaqeeya khadadka IX Corps muddo saddex toddobaad ah.