Waxad qortaa sii wadida cutubkan - Ku biirista ciidanka Potomac, ciidanka darawalada ee Sheridan waxay si gooni ah ugu dagaalameen Haw's Shop
(May 28), dagaal khasaare badan geystay oo u oggolaaday fardooleyda Confederate inay helaan macluumaad qiimo leh oo ku saabsan qaababka Midowga. Waxay qabsadeen isgoyska muhiimka ah ee dhaliyay Dagaalkii Cold Harbor (Juun 1 ilaa Juun 12) waxayna iska caabiyeen weeraro dhowr ah ilaa ay xoojiyeen. Grant ayaa markaa amar ku bixiyay Sheridan weerar dhanka waqooyi-galbeed ah si uu u jabiyo Wadada Tareenka ee Virginia Central Railroad isla markaana uu ku biiro ciidanka Shenandoah Valley ee Major General David Hunter. Waxaa qabtay ciidanka Confederate ee gaashaaman oo uu hogaaminayo Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton dagaalkii Trevilian Station (June 11<unk>12), halkaas oo dagaalkii ugu weynaa ee dhanka gaashaaman ee dagaalka, wuxuu gaadhay guul taatik ah maalintii ugu horreysay, laakiin wuxuu la kulmay khasaaro culus intii lagu jiray weerarro badan oo labaad. Isaga oo aan gaadhin ujeedooyinkii loo qoondeeyey ayuu dib u noqday. Socdaalkiisii dib u noqoshada, wuxuu mar kale la kulmay fardooleyda Confederate ee Samaria (St. Mary's) Church bishii Juun 24, halkaas oo raggiisa ay ku dhaawacmeen khasaare badan, laakiin si guul leh u ilaaliyeen gaadiidkii sahayda ee Midowga ee ay raacayeen.