 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi miviri pashure pokukwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wehondo, Grant akavamba Hondo yake yeOverland ine ropa. Hondo iyi inowanzotsanangurwa sehondo yekupedza simba, zvichipiwa kurasikirwa kukuru kweUnion muhondo dzakadai seHondo yeRenjeuye Cold Harbor. Kunyange zvazvo vakanga vaine mukana wokurwa vachizvidzivirira, mauto eConfederate akanga ane mwero wakakwirira zvakafanana wokurasikirwa. Nhamba dzakakwirira dzevakaurayiwa dzakatyisidzira vakawanda muNorth, asi, pasinei nokurasikirwa kukuru, Lincoln akapfuurira kutsigira Grant. 