Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Idan duk wata shakka ta kasance game da daidaito na dakarun Union tare da takwarorinsu na Kudancin, an kawar da su a lokacin Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign. Rundunar sojan doki, yanzu ta ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi huɗu, an sanya su a ƙarƙashin umurnin mai suna Phillip Sheridan. A farkon matakan yakin, sun yi amfani da dakarun Stuart a cikin jerin hare-haren da aka yi da jini, suka kashe Janar Stuart a Yellow Tavern. Wanda ya gaji Stuart, Wade Hampton, ya nuna cewa shi ma abokin gaba ne mai ban tsoro a yaƙin Haw's Shop
, Tsohon Ikilisiya, Tashar Trevilian, da Yaƙin Ikilisiyar Saint Mary. Rundunar sojan doki ta Tarayyar Turai ta kashe mafi yawan yakin Petersburg da ke kokarin yanke layin dogo daga Petersburg da Richmond. An aika da yawancin dakarun sojan doki a karkashin Sheridan don shiga rundunar Shenandoah a lokacin yakin Sheridan da Jubal a farkon lokacin rani na 1864 (duba Valley Campaigns na 1864).