Ka cika wannan magana: A wannan lokacin mutane ɗari biyu da hamsin ne kawai suke aiki. Na bakwai ya koma Virginia kuma ya haye Rapidan a kan hanyar zuwa Richmond. An gudanar da su a cikin ajiya a yakin Basasa a ranar 5 ga watan Mayu 2007, duk da haka an yi aiki sosai a ranar 12 ga watan Mayu a Spotsylvania Courthouse. Daga wannan rana a kan na bakwai da aka tsunduma a cikin yaki kusan ci gaba. A ranar 18 ga Mayu da kuma ranar 23 ga Mayu a Arewacin Anna River duk wani dan tsaron launi ya mutu ko ya ji rauni. A cikin wadannan gwagwarmaya guda biyu kusan 'yan tsibirin Rhode Island sun mutu. Na bakwai ya kasance a cikin ajiya a Cold Harbor, inda sojoji 7,000 na Union suka zama masu rauni a cikin ƙasa da minti goma; amma sun shiga cikin rikici a
Cocin Bethesda da Mechanicsville. A tsakiyar watan Yuni sun isa Petersburg tare da mutum ɗari da ashirin da biyar kawai da ke aiki. Kamar yadda suke ci gaba da harbe-harbe, akalla memba daya na rundunar ya mutu ko ya ji rauni a kowace rana a watan Yuli da Agusta. A ranar 20 ga Yuni, 1864, Kamfanin H ya tattara mutum daya don aiki; kawai jami'ai biyu da aka ba su izini sun kasance, yayin da yawancin kamfanonin suka tattara mutane goma, wasu da aka umurce su da corporals. Tare da irin wannan ƙarancin maza, an cire Rhode Island na bakwai daga layin kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniyoyi na Division na biyu, na tara. An jefa Kanar Bliss daga dokinsa a Spotsylvania, don haka aka nada Percy Daniels a matsayin Laftanar Kanar.