 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lee akanzwa kuti Ewell akanga asiri muchimiro chipi nechipi nokuda kwokutungamirira munda uye akasarudza kumugoverazve kuzvidziviriro zveRichmond. Muna April 1865, sezvo Ewell nemauto ake vakanga vachidzokera shure moto zhinji muRichmond dzakatanga, kunyange zvazvo zvisiri pachena kuti ndiani akanga arayira kuti moto wacho utange. Ewell akapomera mhomho dzaipamba dzevagari vemo kupisa imba yokuchengetera fodya, iyo yaiva tsime rinokosha remoto, asi Nelson Lankford, munyori we Richmond Burning, akanyora kuti Ewell akagutsa vanhu vashomanana kuti moto mukuru wakanga usina chokuita nevarume vake kana kuti kuparadza kwavo nemaune dzimba dzokuchengetera zvinhu nemabhiriji kupfurikidza nemirairo yechiuto yakapfuudzwa pasi pemutsetse wokuraira. Moto uyu wakakonzera The Great Conflagration of Richmond, iyo yakasiya chikamu chimwe muzvitatu cheguta raparadzwa, kusanganisira nharaunda yose yebhizimisi. Ewell nemauto ake vakabva vakombwa uye vakabatwa paSailors Creek. Ikoku kwakanga kuri mazuva mashomanene pamberi pokuzviisa kwaLee paAppomattox Court House. Akabatwa somusungwa wehondo paFort Warren muBoston Harbor kusvikira muna July 1865. 