 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waChikunguru 10, 1864, Bosbyshell akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru uye akarayirwa kuti atungamirire yechi48, kunyange zvazvo akaramba ari pabasa rake rechikamu kwenguva pfupi. Panguva ino, mauto eUnion akanga achirwisa Petersburg, kumaodzanyemba kweguta guru reConfederate, Richmond, Virginia. Mutungamiriri wechi48 wechiuto, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants, uyo muupenyu hwake hwomunhu oga akanga ari injiniya wemigodhi, akafunga nezvokuchera pasi pemitsetse yeConfederate ndokuputika bhomba guru. Pashure pemasvondo okugadzirira, bhomba racho rakaputika musi waJuly 30, richigadzira gomba guru muvhu uye gomba mumitsetse yeConfederate. Pashure pokutanga kuvhunduka, maConfederate akaungana ndokuramba kuedza kuputsa mitsetse, achibatsirwa nekukanganisa kweUnion. Bosbyshell akatungamirira mauto eAfrica-America kuti aite chiito muHondo yeCrater; vakatambura zvinopfuura 400 vakafa. NaPleasants akasimudzirwa kuGeneral Robert B. Potters staff, Bosbyshell akatora murairo we48th musi waAugust 2, 1864. 