 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzokera kubasa pakuratidzika kupora kubva pakukuvara kwake, Scales akapinda mumishandirapamwe yeHondo yeNorthern Virginia mukati ma1864 kusanganisira Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, uye Kukombwa kwePetersburg. Nemhaka yekukuvara kwake kwekare kusingaporeswe, Scales akatora zororo rekusavapo munguva yehondo, uye akanga ari kumba kuNorth Carolina apo mauto akazvipira paAppomattox Court House. Hapana chinyorwa chokuti mukuru mukuru wacho akambobvumirwa pamutemo, asi akakumbira ruregerero paRaleigh musi waJune 22, 1865, uye akaregererwa musi waJune 18, 1866. 