<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ukuphela kokunqotshwa kukaHancock empini okuphawulekayo kwenzeka ngesikhathi kuvinjezelwa iPetersburg. I-II Corps yakhe yathuthela eningizimu yedolobha, ngasohlangothini lweWilmington neWeldon Railroad, idwengula ithrekhi. Ngo-August 25, uMajor General wase-Confederate uHenry Heth wahlasela futhi wahlasela isikhundla se-Union esinamaphutha e  <response>: Isiteshi sikaReams, sachitha i-II Corps, sathatha iziboshwa eziningi. Naphezu kokunqoba kamuva eHatchers Run, ukuhlazeka kwesiteshi sikaReams kwafaka isandla, kanye nemiphumela yokulinyazwa kwakhe eGettysburg, esinqumweni sakhe sokushiya umyalo wasensimini ngoNovemba. Washiya i-II Corps ngemuva konyaka lapho yayibhekane khona nokulahlekelwa okungaphezu kuka-40,000, kodwa yazuza ukunqoba okuphawulekayo kwezempi. Isabelo sakhe esilandelayo kwakuwukuqondisa iQembu Lokuqala LamaVeterans. Wenza okunye ukuqoqa, wayala uMnyango ophakathi, futhi wakhulula uMajor General Philip Sheridan ekulawuleni amabutho eShenandoah Valley manje ethule. Wakhushulwa waba yi-brevet major general ebuthweni elivamile ngenxa yenkonzo yakhe eSpotsylvania, kusukela ngoMashi 13, 1865. 