Ƙungiyoyin da ke gabatowa sune Alabama Brigade na Rundunar Hood, wanda Brig.Janar Evander M. Law.Ana aikawa da 4th, 15th, da 47th Alabama, da 4th da 5th Texas zuwa Little Round Top, Dokar ta umarci mutanensa su dauki tudun.Mutanen sun gaji, bayan sun yi tafiya fiye da mil 20 (kilomita 32) a wannan rana don isa ga wannan matsayi.Ranar ta yi zafi, gidajen kantunansu babu kowa.Lokacin da yake kusa da layin Union a kan dutsen, ƙungiyar farko ta ƙungiyar ta kori mutanen Law kuma suka ja da baya don sake tarawa.Alabama na 15, wanda Col. William C. Oates ya umarta, ya sake komawa dama kuma yayi ƙoƙarin nemo gefen hagu na Ƙungiyar.^[82]Bangaren hagu na Unioin ya ƙunshi jami'ai 386 da maza na 20th Maine rejist da 83rd Pennsylvania.Ganin yadda ƙungiyoyin Confederates ke motsawa a gefensa, Chamberlain ya fara shimfiɗa layinsa har zuwa inda mutanensa ke cikin layi guda ɗaya, sannan ya umarci rabin kudancin kudancin nasa da ya koma baya yayin da yake jin dadi bayan wani cajin Confederate.A can ne suka "ƙi layin" - sun kafa kusurwa zuwa babban layi a yunƙurin hana motsin haɗin gwiwa na Confederate.Duk da hasara mai yawa, Maine na 20 ya gudana ta hanyar tuhume-tuhume biyu na gaba ta 15th Alabama da sauran ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyi na tsawon mintuna casa'in.^[83]