Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan fitowa daga zangon hunturu a Culpeper a ranar 3 ga Mayu, 1864, Sands da abokansa 88th Pennsylvanians sannan aka sanya su ga Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, yayin da suka yi yaƙi a 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.