 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mokukombwa kwePetersburgMuna October 1864, mauto eUnion akatsvaka kutora nzira inokosha yokupa nayo zvinhu zveConfederate Army Boydton Plank Road. Kaputeni Embler zvino akanga ari mutungamiriri weD Company ye59th New York Volunteer Infantry iyo yaiva chinhu chinokosha munguva yehondo. Kaputeni Embler akatungamirira chikwata chake semutungamiri wemauto maviri akarwisa mauto makuru eConfederate uye akabvumira Union kuti iite chipingamupinyi mumugwagwa. Mauto eUnion, pasi paMajor General Winfield S. Hancock, aizowana kukunda kwemauto eConfederate mapato maviri asati agadzikana munguva yechando. Nokuda kwezviito izvi, Kaputeni Embler aizopiwa menduru yokuzviremekedza. 