<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ukujoyina iButho LasePotomac, ibutho likaSheridan lokugibela amahhashi lalwa ngokungenasiphelo  <response>: IHaws Shop May 28, impi eyabulala abantu abaningi eyenza ukuthi i-Confederate cavalry ithole ulwazi oluyigugu mayelana nezimo ze-Union. Bathatha umgwaqo obalulekile okwaqala ngawo iMpi YaseCold Harbor ngoJuni 1 kuya kuJuni 12 futhi bamelana nokuhlaselwa okuningana baze baqiniswa. UGrant wabe eseyala uSheridan ukuba ahlasele enyakatho-ntshonalanga ukuze aphule iVirginia Central Railroad futhi axhumane nebutho laseShenandoah Valley likaMaj. Gen. David Hunter. Wabanjwa yi-Confederate cavalry ngaphansi kukaMaj. Gen. Wade Hampton eMpini yaseTrevilian Station June 1112, lapho empini enkulu kunazo zonke yempi yempi, waphumelela ngempumelelo ngosuku lokuqala, kodwa walahlekelwa kakhulu ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa kaningi kwesibili. Wahoxa engazange ayifinyelele imigomo ayeyinikiwe. Ekubuyeleni kwakhe, waphinde wahlangana nabamahhashi be-Confederate eSamariya St. Marys Church ngoJuni 24, lapho amadoda akhe ahlupheka khona kakhulu, kodwa wavikela ngempumelelo izinqola zokuhlinzeka ze-Union ababezihambisa. 