<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngalesi sikhathi kwakungamadoda angamakhulu amabili namashumi amahlanu kuphela ayesebenza. I-Seventh yabuyela eVirginia futhi yawela iRapidan emgwaqweni oya eRichmond. Babegcinwe endaweni yokulondoloza eMpini yaseWilderness ngoMeyi 5-7, nokho babehlanganiswe kakhulu ngoMeyi 12 eSpotsylvania Courthouse. Kusukela ngalolu suku i-Seventh yayilokhu ilwa cishe njalo. Ngo-May 18 futhi futhi ngo-May 23 eNorth Anna River wonke amalungu ombutho wombala abulawa noma alimala. Kulezi zimpi ezimbili kwafa cishe abantu abayikhulu baseRhode Island. I-Seventh yayisendaweni yokulondoloza eCold Harbor, lapho amasosha ase-Union angu-7,000 aba yizisulu ngaphansi kwemizuzu eyishumi; kodwa babandakanyeka ezimpini eBethesda Church  <response>: futhi Mechanicsville. Maphakathi noJune bafika ePitersburg benamadoda ayikhulu namashumi amabili nanhlanu kuphela ayesemsebenzini. Njengoba babehlala bebhekene nomlilo, okungenani ilungu elilodwa lebutho lalibulawa noma lilimale nsuku zonke ngoJulayi nango-August. NgoJuni 20, 1864, iNkampani H yabutha umuntu oyedwa owayekhona emsebenzini; kwasala izikhulu ezimbili kuphela, ngenkathi iningi lamakampani libutha amadoda ayishumi, amanye alawulwa ama-corporals. Ngenani elincishisiwe lamadoda, i-Seventh Rhode Island yakhishwa emgqeni futhi yasebenza njengonjiniyela be-Second Division, Ninth Corps. UColonel Bliss waphonswa phansi ehhashini lakhe eSpotsylvania, ngakho uPercy Daniels wakhethwa waba yiputeni-kolonel. 