 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mokudonha kwa 1863 uye mukati mechando, hurumende yakabatanidzwa mukurwa kwokunyengera. Gwyn akashanda pasina kana basa apo aive achitungamirira 118th Regiment kwemwedzi mishanu yakatevera pasina kusangana kunoshamisa kusvika Hondo yeWilderness muna Chivabvu 1864. Pazuva rokutanga rokurwa, May 5, Gwyn akapfurwa muchidya, uye akaiswa kunze kwebasa kweinenge mwedzi mumwe. Gwyn aizogamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwake kuva mukuru mukuru paBeverly Ford nokuda kwezviito zvake paWilderness. Nemhaka yekukuvara kwake, akanga asingakwanisi kutungamirira 118th Regiment mumakakatanwa akawanda, kusanganisira Hondo yeSpotsylvania Court House, Hondo yeNorth Anna, Hondo yeTotopotomoy Creek, Hondo yeBethesda Church, uye Hondo yeCold Harbor. 