 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chiitiko chokutanga chaRodes chokurwa chakaitika paHondo yeSeven Pines, kwaakakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa. Mavhiki mashomanene gare gare, akadzokera kumukuru webrigade nguva pfupi pamberi pokutanga kweHondo dzeMazuva Manomwe. Akatungamira brigade yake paGaines Mill, asi mazuva maviri gare gare aifanira kusiya basa nekuda kwefivha nemigumisiro yekukuvara kwake uye akazoiswa basa rakapfava mukudzivirira kweRichmond, Virginia apo akanga achirapa. Akapora munguva yeGeneral Robert E. Lees yekutanga kupinda muUnited, munaGunyana 1862, achirwa paSouth Mountainuye Antietam. PaAntietam, akatungamirira rimwe remapoka maviri akaramba kwenguva yakareba kwazvo kurwisa kweUnion pamugwagwa wakanyura, kana kuti Bloody Lane, pakati pemutsara weConfederate, achitambura kurasikirwa kukuru. Rodes akakuvadzwa zvishomanene nezvimedu zvebhomba. 