<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunze kwekuenda kuReams Station pakati paJuly, hurumende yakanga yakabatikana nekuvaka masvingo kusvikira musi waJuly 26, apo makumi mashanu nematatu akafamba neboka kurudyi uye kuchamhembe kweRwizi rwaJames, kuti atore chikamu muHondo yekutanga ye Deep Bottom. Yakadzokera kumitsetse yekukomba Petersburg kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 12, apo rairo zvakare yakadzokera kumahombekombe ekuruboshwe kweJames kwayakanga ichibatanidzwa neConfederate outposts paHondo yechipiri yeDeep Bottom. Musi wa21, regiment yakayambuka zvakare James neAppomattox Rivers uye ichipfuura kumashure kweuto kuruboshwe kwakanyanya kwemutsara, yakatanga kuputsa Weldon Railroad padyo neReams Station. Makiromita masere akanga atoparadzwa apo maConfederate akarwisa nesimba uye mutsetse wehondo wakakurumidza kuumbwa kuti udzivise kufambira mberi kwake uye kudzivirira mapoka anoshanda. Kurwisa kwokutanga kwakarambwa, asi kurwisa kunotevera kwakarova nesimba guru uye mutsetse wacho wakazununguka. Kuneta, kurwara uye kutsika kwemanzwiro zvose zvakagovera kunenge njodzi yeChipiri Corps pa  <response>: Hondo yechipiri yeReams Station, yakamanikidzwa kusiya munda uye kuenda kumitsetse iri pamberi pePetersburg. 