 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kutora kwavo chikamu muBurnsides Mud March, Yechisere yakasiya IX Corps kutanga kwa1863, ndokuenda kuNewport News, ndokuzoenda kuSuffolk, Virginia. Ivo vakagoverana mukukomba ikokokwemwedzi inoverengeka. Kwakanga kuri ikoko uko Eighth, zvino pasi paColonel John Ward, yakarwisa Fort Huger ndokuitora nokukurumidza mukurwisa kwakashinga. The chikwata akaramba ari Portsmouth nharaunda munguva yezhizha, uye vaiitawo Blackberry Raid kuratidzwa simba. 