Ka dib markii ay ka soo baxeen guryahoodii jiilaalka ee Culpeper May 3, 1864, Sands iyo asxaabtiisii kale ee 88aad ee Pennsylvania ayaa markaa loo qoondeeyay Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, oo ay ku dagaalameen dagaalladii Spotsylvania Court House (May 8 iyo 12), North 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 xoogan. Kadib, waxay sii wadeen taageerada howlgalada go'doominta.