 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hondo yeYellow Tavern yaMay 1864 ndiyo yokutanga yezvine zvinonzi kurwisa kukuru. Mamwe acho aiva Trevilian muna June 1864, Wilson-Kautz mukupera kwaJune, uye First Deep Bottommuna July 1864. Pazvose izvi, Hondo yeYellow Tavern chete ndiyo inogona kunzi kukunda pachena kweUnion. Kukundwa uye rufu rwakazotevera rwaJeb Stuart kwakaratidza izvi zvakajeka mukati mokurwisa kwokutanga. Pazvakanakisisa, kurwisa kwakatevera kwakatsausa mauto eConfederate aifanira kuvabata navo kubva kwavaida kune imwe nzvimbo. Pasinei zvapo nezvakanyorwa naCarpenter nevamwe vatsigiri vaSheridan, kumwezve kudenha kweiyi mwero kwakanga kusingabudiriri. Uye kudenha uku kungave kwakatotadzisa nhamburiko yeUnion nokushayikwa kweruzivo rwokuongorora uye ruzivo Sheridan angadai akapa. Hazvizivikanwi kuti Carpenter akashanda naSheridan kwenguva yakareba sei. Carpenter haadudzwi mumashoko aSheridan pachake kana mamwe mabhuku makuru pamusoro paSheridan. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Carpenter akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant wokutanga muRegular Army musi waSeptember 28, 1864. Iye ipapo akachinjirwa kuDunhu reKentucky, Dhipatimendi reOhio uye akagamuchira komisheni kune lieutenant colonel wevazvipiri neUnited States mavara Mauto. 