Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hui anō a Magruder ki ana tangata i te Piriti o Bottom, 12 maero ki te rawhiti o Richmond, i te 9 o Mei, ka riro anō i a ia te mana mai i a Jones. I whakahaua tana wehenga, me etahi atu i roto i te Army o Northern Virginia, ki te hoki ki te tonga ki te hauauru i te 15 o Mei i te awa o Chickahominy hei whakarite mo te tiaki o Richmond. I te Mei 31, i whakakotahihia e Johnston nga wehenga o nga Major General James Longstreet, DH Hill, me Benjamin Huger hei waahanga o te maia
whakaeke ki Seven Pines, i whai ki te wehe i nga roopu Uniana e rua ki te tonga o Chickahominy me te nui o ratou. Ko nga tangata a Magruder, i puritia i roto i te rahui, i tiaki i te taha maui o te kaha matua engari kaore i kite i tetahi mahi i roto i te pakanga e rua-ra. Ahakoa te nui o nga mate i te ra tuatahi, "i ngaro te whai wāhitanga na te whakaroa me te mahi kore", i hua ai tetahi pakanga kore.