 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yekupedzisira yemazuva manomwe, Chikunguru 1, yaive yekurwisa kusingawirirane kweConfederate kurwisa dziviriro dzeMubatanidzwa, dzakasimbiswa nekumisikidzwa kwezvombo zvehondo uye zvombo zvegungwa zveUnion James River squadron paMalvern Hill. McClellan akanga asipo kubva kunhandare yehondo, pachinzvimbo chekugara pa gunboat Galena; vatungamiri veMubatanidzwa vakashandira pamwe mukusarudza nzvimbo dzevarwi vavo asi hapana wavo akashandisa kutonga kwese. Hondo yaLee yakarasikirwa nevanopfuura zviuru zvishanu nemazana matanhatu mukuedza uku, zvichienzaniswa nevanosvika zviuru zvitatu chete zvevarwi veMubatanidzwa. Kunyange zvazvo vatungamiri veUnion Corps vakafunga kuti vaigona kubata munda kurwisazve Confederate kurwisa, McClellan akarayira hondo kuti idzokere kuHarrisons Landing. 