The Confederate troops had been able to destroy many of the critical military supplies before the Union arrived, so Sheridan's men destroyed numerous railroad cars and six locomotives of the Virginia Central Railroad, destroyed telegraph wires, and rescued almost 400 Union soldiers who had been captured in the Wilderness.
De konfødererede tropper havde nået at ødelægge mange af de kritiske militære forsyninger inden Unionstropperne nåede frem, så Sheridans mænd ødelagde adskillige jernbanevogne og seks lokomotiver fra Virginia Central Railroad, ødelagde telegraftråde og reddede næsten 400 Unionssoldater som var blevet taget til fange i slaget ved the Wilderness.