 Lee akabva aenda kunorwa, achiita hondo dzakatevedzana dzakatora mazuva manomwe June 25 July 1 ndokudzosera McClellan kunzvimbo yakachengeteka asi isingatyisidziri paRwizi rwaJames. McClellan akarova kutanga musi wa25 Chikumi paHondo yeOak Grove, panguva iyo zvikamu zviviri zveMubatanidzwa zvakaedza kutora ivhu iro McClellan akaronga kuvaka mabhatiri ekurwisa. McClellan akaronga kurwisazve zuva rakatevera racho asi akavhiringidzwa nokurwisa kweConfederate paMechanicsvillekana kuti Beaver Dam Creek, musi waJune 26. Lee akacherechedza kuti McClellan akanga aisa hondo yake pamhenderekedzo dzorwizi rweChickahominy uye aigona kukundwa zvakadzama. Akaronga kuti chikamu cheAP Hill chiratidze pamberi paPorter apo Jackson akafamba shure kwenzvimbo dzeMubatanidzwa ndokurwisa kubva kumashure. Zvisinei, Jackson akanga anonoka kusvika panzvimbo yake yaakanga apiwa, nepo Hill akatanga kurwisa kwake asina kumirira Jackson uye akadzoserwa nekurasikirwa kukuru. Pasinei nokuva kukunda kweUnited States, McClellan akarayira Porter kuti adzokere kumaodzanyemba akananga kumauto ose eUnited States, achityira kuti Porter aizopoteredzwa nemauto eConfederate akanga akakurisa mangwanani. Porter akaisa mitsetse yokudzivirira pedyo neGainess Mill, achifukidza mabhiriji pamusoro peChickahominy. 