<prompt> Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekutanga kwekukombwa, Ricketts akaramba achitungamirira bhatiri rake neII Corps. Izvi zvaisanganisira basa rinotsigira BG Gershom Motts divi muHondo yechipiri yeDeep Bottom. Mushure mokudzokera kuPetersburg mberi, bhatiri rakagoverwa kunzvimbo dziri pedyo neJerusalem Plank Road. Munguva iyi, Kaputeni Ricketts akatungamira dare rekuongorora kurasikirwa kwepfuti paHondo yechipiri yeReams Station  <response>: . Akashandawo padare raisarudza kuti ndedzipi nzvimbo dzaigona kuwedzera mazita ehondo dzakati kumireza yadzo. Muna December 1864, Ricketts, se acting major, akatungamirira mabhatiri eII Corps achishanda pamitsara yeIX Corps kwevhiki nhatu. 