Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: McClellan kpọtara ndị agha ya n'ime ọtụtụ kilomita nke Richmond na na mbubreyo May, Johnston
mere atụmatụ ịwakpo ndị agha abụọ nke Union na ndịda Chickahominy River. Ngalaba Huger ga-eso na nkwado nke ngalaba D.H. Hill, na-aga n'okporo ụzọ Williamsburg. Otú ọ dị, na May 31, mgbe e mere atụmatụ ahụ, James Longstreet duuru ndị agha ya gbadaa n'okporo ụzọ Williamsburg, na-egbu oge mwakpo ahụ dum. Ngalaba Huger nọrọ abalị mbụ nke ọgụ ahụ n'okporo ụzọ Charles City, ebe Mahone Brigade na-eche nche n'akụkụ aka nri ndị agha.