 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika yeAmerica mukupera kwaAugust, 1864, Mukuru Mukuru Benjamin Butler, mutungamiriri weUnion Army yeJames, akarayira kuvakwa kwegero paDutch Gap. Chimwe chinangwa chomugero wacho chaiva chokubvumira ngarava kudarika rwizi rwaJames dzichitenderera Farrars Island, iyo yaidzorwa nemabhatiri eConfederate. Dambudziko guru raiva Battery Dantzler kumucheto kuchamhembe kweHowlett Line uko mauto eConfederate aive akaisa pfuti mbiri dzeBrooke dzinosvika masendimita manomwe, pfuti mbiri dzeColumbiad dzinosvika masendimita gumi, uye zvombo zviviri zvematombo zvinopisa zvine hafu yemakiromita emoto paRwizi rwaJames rwaive kumabvazuva kweFarrars Island. Chimwe chinangwa chaiva chokuramba vachiita basa rehondo sechikamu cheBasa guru rePetersburgkuti ave nechokwadi chokuti zviwanikwa zveConfederate zvevanhu zvakaramba zvakamanikidzwa muEastern Virginia uye zvisingakwanisi kudzorerwa kune dzimwe nzvimbo. 