Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lee, bayan da ya tabbatar da daren 28 ga Yuni cewa McClellan yana cikin koma baya, ya umarci Magruder a rana mai zuwa a cikin bin bin hanyar Williamsburg Road da York River Railroad. Magruder ya taka rawar gani, bayan da Lee ya sanar da shi cewa Jackson zai taimaka "ya tura bin da karfi". Ba tare da Jackson ko ƙarfafawa daga Huger ba, Magruder ya yi aiki a hankali a tashar Savage
tare da masu tsaron baya na Tarayyar, "masu gamsuwa kawai don ci gaba da yaki da matsayi" a kan wani karfi wanda ya fi ƙarfinsa kusan 2-to-1, kuma ya kammala yakin ba tare da wata mahimmanci ba. Da yamma Lee ya tsawata masa: "Na yi nadama ƙwarai da ka sami ci gaba kaɗan a yau a bin abokan gaba. Domin mu girbe amfanin nasararmu ya kamata mu bi su da ƙarfi. Dole ne in yi roƙo a gare ku, to, matsa a kan baya da sauri da kuma steadily. "