 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Mauto eConfederate aitungamirirwa naBrig. Gen. Roger A. Pryor akayambuka Rwizi rweBlackwater achienda kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweVirginia kunotsvaka zvokudya. Maj. Gen. John J. Peck akaraira varwi veUnion paSuffolk. Peck akaronga boka revarwi kuti vadzinge Pryor munharaunda yacho uye akagadza Brig. Gen. Michael Corcoran kuti atungamirire. Achitarisira kurwiswa neuto reUnion, Pryor akagadzirira mauto ake kuhondo pedyo neKellys Store, iri makiromita masere kumadokero kweSuffolk. Vatasvi vamabhiza aCorcoran vakarwisana nemauto aPryor pedyo nenzvimbo inonzi Deserted House. VaConfederate vakadzokera shure mamaira maviri vasati vaita kumwe kumira. 13th Indiana Infantry yakarwisa ndokuparadza mutsetse mutsva uyu. Kumira kwokupedzisira kweConfederates kwakaitwa pamwe neRwizi rweBlackwater iyo yakaputswa ne11th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Mauto aCorcoran akadzokera kuSuffolk zuva rakatevera racho. Muna April, basa guru rokutsvaka zvokudya uye kuratidzira kurwisana neSuffolkyakaitwa naLt. Gen. James Longstreet. 