 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1864, Mukuru Mukuru weConfederate Patrick Cleburne, weHondo yeTennessee, akakarakadza kusunungura nokupinza zvombo varanda. Davis, paakanzwa nezvazvo, akaramba uye akarayira kuti zvirambe zvakavanzika. Evans anotaura kuti Benjamin akanga ava nenguva refu achifunga nenzira yakafanana, uye zvichida kurumbidzwa nomukuru mukuru anoremekedzwa zvakadaro ndiko kwaiva kukurudzira kwaaida. Gore ra1864 rakanga riri rinosuruvarisa nokuda kweConfederation, naLee akamanikidzirwa mukati memitsetse yokurwisaPetersburg uye mukuru mukuru weUnion William T. Sherman achipamba Atlanta uye achiparadza Georgia pakufamba kwake achienda kugungwa. Benjamin akakurudzira Davis kuti atumire mumwe weLouisiana womunyori, Duncan Kenner, kuParis neLondon, nechipiriso chokusunungurwa mukutsinhana nokuzivikanwa. Davis akanga achingoda kupa rusununguko zvishoma nezvishoma, uye vose vari vaviri Napoleon naPalmerston vakaramba chikumbiro chacho. Benjamin akaramba achimanikidza nhau yacho, achitaura pamusangano mukuru muRichmond muna February 1865 achitsigira kurwisa varanda uye kuvasunungura. Bhiri pakupedzisira rakabuda muConfederate Congress muna Kurume, asi raive nezvirambidzo zvakawanda, uye rakanga rave kunonoka kukanganisa mhedzisiro yehondo. 