Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan fitowa daga zangon hunturu a Culpeper a ranar 3 ga Mayu, 1864, Sands da 'yan uwansa 88th Pennsylvanians an sanya su zuwa ga Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, lokacin da suka yi yaƙi a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Spotsylvania Court House (a ranar 8 ga Mayu da 12 ga Mayu), Arewacin Anna (Mayu 23),
Totopotomoy Creek (Mayu 26), da kuma White Oak Swamp (Yuni 12) kafin su shiga tare da sauran sojojin Tarayyar a cikin Siege na Petersburg, a lokacin da Sands da rundunarsa suka caje su kuma suka kori abokan gaba daga wurare daban-daban yayin da suke karkashin manyan bindigogi da kuma harbi. Bayan haka, sun ci gaba da tallafawa ayyukan kewaye.