Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Magruder sonyeere ndị ikom ya na Bottom's Bridge, 12 kilomita ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Richmond, na Mee 9 ma weghachite iwu site n'aka Jones. E nyere ndị otu ya, yana ndị ọzọ nọ na ndị agha Northern Virginia, iwu ka ha laa azụ na Mee 15 na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ gafee Osimiri Chickahominy iji kwadebe maka ịgbachitere Richmond. N'ụbọchị 31 nke ọnwa Mee, Johnston kpọkọtara ndị ọchịagha ndị isi James Longstreet, DH Hill, na Benjamin Huger dị ka akụkụ nke otu obi ike
agha megide Seven Pines, nke ezubere iche iche ndị agha abụọ nke Union n'ebe ndịda Chickahominy ma merie ha. Ndị Magruder, ndị e debere na nchekwa, na-eche nche n'akụkụ aka ekpe nke isi ike ma ahụghị ihe ọ bụla n'oge agha ụbọchị abụọ. N'agbanyeghị na ọtụtụ ndị nwụrụ n'agha ahụ n'ụbọchị mbụ, "ha emeghị ihe ha kwesịrị ime n'ihi na ha na-ala azụ, ha ejighịkwa otu obi lụọ agha".