Ka dib dagaalkii 6-dii Maajo, Kornayl Bragg waxaa loo magacaabay inuu taliyo Guutada 3-aad ee Pennsylvania ee Qaybintooda, oo mararka qaarkood loo yaqaan "Guutada Pennsylvania Bucktail Brigade" Cutler, oo ahaa sarkaalkii ugu horreeyay ee Bragg ee 6th Wisconsin, wuxuu noqday taliyaha qeybta dhimashada General James S. Wadsworth dagaalka horaantii maalintaas. Bragg wuxuu badalay Kornayl Roy Stone, oo la sheegay inuu sakhraamay intii lagu jiray dagaalka labada May 5 iyo May 6. Labada maalmoodba, gudihiisa ayaa si liidata u qabtay, iyagoo ku socday oo toogtay qaab aan habboonayn, iyagoo ku kala firdhiyay wajiga Confederate skirmishers, oo si qalad ah u toogtay xubno ka tirsan cutubkooda. Stone ayaa ugu dambeyntii laga qaaday amarkii ka dib markii faraskiisa uu ku dhacay isaga oo mar kale jabay intii lagu jiray weerarkii 6-dii May. Kornayl Bragg ayaa hoggaaminayay guutada inta badan inta ka hartay Ololaha Dhulka. Hogaamintiisu waxay xasilisay guutada waxayna si cajiib ah ugu soo bandhigeen dagaalada Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, Totopotomoy Creek
, iyo Cold Harbor, halkaas oo uu ku wareejiyay hogaanka guutada halyeeyga Gettysburg Joshua Chamberlain.