ButLee\'sveteranssoonrecoveredfromtheirsurpriseandmaintainedtheirpositionuntilnoon。ThenthewholeFederalarmyadvanced，andthebattleragedtillnightfallterminatedthestruggle，leavingLeeinpossessionofthewholelineliehadheld，withtheexceptionofthegroundlostinthemorning。
Forthenextsixdaysthearmiesfacedeachother，wornoutbyincessantfighting，andpreventedfrommovingbytheheavyrainwhichfellincessantly。Theywerenowabletoreckonupthelosses。TheFederalsfoundthattheyhadlost，inkilled，wounded，ormissing，nearly30，000men；whileLee\'sarmywasdiminishedbyabout12，000。
WhilethesemightybattleshadbeenragingtheFederalcavalryunderSheridanhadadvancedrapidlyforward，and，afterseveralskirmisheswithStuart\'scavalry，penetratedwithintheouterintrenchmentsroundRichmond。HereStuartwithtworegimentsofcavalrychargedthemanddrovethemback，butthegallantConfederateofficerreceivedawoundthatbeforenightprovedfatal。HislosswasaterribleblowtotheConfederacy，althoughhissuccessorinthecommandofthecavalry，GeneralWadeHampton，wasalsoanofficerofthehighestmerit。
InthemeantimeGeneralButler，whohadatFortMonroeunderhiscommandtwocorpsofinfantry，4，000cavalry，andafleetofgunboatsandtransports，wasthreatcuingRichmondfromtheeast。
ShippinghismenonboardthetransportshesteameduptheJamesRiver，underconvoyofthefleet，andlandedonaneckoflandknownasBermudaHundred。ToopposehimallthetroopsfromNorthCarolinahadbeenbroughtup，thewholeforceamountingto19，000men，underthecommandofGeneralBeauregard。Butler，aftervariousfutilemovements，wasdrivenbackagaintohisintrenchedcampatBermudaHundred，wherehewasvirtuallybesiegedbyBeauregardwith10，000men，therestofthatgeneral\'sforcebeingsentuptoreinforceLee。