Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan kwanaki na rikici da harbe-harbe a sansanonin da ke kusa da Kotun Kotun Spotsylvania, an sake ba da umarnin V Corps don matsawa kudu, ci gaba da motsi zuwa Richmond. Bayan sun tsaya a tashar Guinea da Kogin Po, sun haye Kogin Arewacin Anna kusa da dusar ƙanƙara a ranar 23 ga Mayu, 1864. A wannan maraice, kafin su iya kafa cikakkun matakan yakin su, 'yan kungiyar A. P. Hill ta uku sun kai musu hari a cikin aikin farko na yakin Arewa Anna. Bayan da ya fara ba da ƙasa, ƙungiyar ta tattara kuma ta kori 'yan majalisa daga filin. Bayan kwanaki da yawa na rikice-rikice, a yammacin ranar 26 ga Mayu, Grant ya sake ba da umurni ga ƙungiyoyin Tarayyar da su ɓoye layin su kuma su ci gaba da kudu a kusa da gefen dama na Confederate. Sun haye kogin Pamunkey a ranar 28 ga Mayu kuma sun kafa layin karewa a bayan dakarun sojan doki na Haw's Shop. Sun sake motsawa a ranar 29 ga Mayu da 30 ga Mayu, suna haɗuwa da ƙungiyoyi na 1st Corps a
Yaƙin Totopotomoy Creek kuma ya kore su.