Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Ka dib markii ay ka soo baxeen gurigooda jiilaalka ee Culpeper May 3, 1864, Sands iyo asxaabtiisa 88aad ee Pennsylvania ayaa markaa loo qoondeeyay Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, oo ay ku dagaalameen dagaallada Spotsylvania Court House (May 8 iyo 12), Waqooyiga Anna (May 23),
Totopotomoy Creek (May 26), iyo White Oak Swamp (June 12) ka hor inta aysan ku biirin ciidamada kale ee Midowga ee Duulaankii Petersburg, xilligaas oo Sands iyo guurtidiisu ay weerareen oo ay ka eryeen cadowga meelo kala duwan oo ay ku sugnaayeen iyagoo ku hoos jira qoryo culus iyo rasaas khafiif ah. Kadib, waxay sii wadeen taageerada howlgalada go'doominta.