 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Robert E. Lee akashatiriswa nokuita kwaDrayton. Drayton akanga akundikana kuita kuti brigade yake iite chiito paSecond Bull Run, uye ipapo yakadzingwa mumunda mukutya paSouth Mountainuye Antietam. Lee akanyunyuta kuti Drayton akanga asingakwanisi kuchengeta brigade yake yakarongeka zvakanaka, kukundikana faira mishumo uye anodzoka, uye kuti muhondo imwe neimwe brigade akanga achibatanidzwa vakawanda makoroneli ayo vakanga AWOL, kusiya regiments akatungamirira kubudikidza ruzivo majors uye vakuru. Boka racho rakaparadzaniswa uye mapoka aro akaendeswa kune mamwe mapoka. Drayton pachake akaendeswa kuWestern Theater kunotungamirira rimwe boka muuto raSterling Price. Mumakore maviri okupedzisira ehondo, akaita mabasa ehurumende muTrans-Mississippi Theater, kunyange zvazvo akambotungamirira chikamu munguva pfupi kutanga kwa1864. 