Lee yana so ya kama babban filin kudu na Gettysburg, musamman Cemetery Hill, wanda ya mamaye garin, layin samar da Tarayyar Turai, da kuma hanyar zuwa Washington, DC, kuma ya yi imanin cewa kai hari kan hanyar Emmitsburg zai zama hanya mafi kyau.Ya bukaci hari da safe ta Longstreet's Corps, wanda Ewell ya ƙarfafa shi, wanda zai motsa Corps daga wurin da yake a yanzu a arewacin garin don shiga Longstreet.Ewell ya nuna rashin amincewa da wannan tsari, yana mai cewa mutanensa za su ji kunya idan aka tilasta musu ƙaura daga ƙasan da suka kama.^[61] Kuma Longstreet ya nuna rashin amincewa da cewa sashinsa da John Bell Hood ya umarta ba su isa gaba daya ba (kuma sashin Pickett bai isa ba kwata-kwata).^[62] Lee ya yi sulhu tare da waɗanda ke ƙarƙashinsa.Ewell zai ci gaba da kasancewa a wurin kuma ya gudanar da zanga-zanga (ƙananan harin da aka kai hari) a kan Culp's Hill, tare da rataye gefen dama na masu kare Ƙungiyar don kada su ƙarfafa hagunsu, inda Longstreet zai kaddamar da harin farko da zaran ya shirya. .Za a juya zanga-zangar Ewell zuwa babban hari idan damar ta gabatar da kanta.^[63]Lee ya umurci Longstreet da ya kaddamar da wani harin ba-zata tare da rukunoni biyu da ke tafe, da kuma jagorantar hanyar Emmitsburg.^[64] Yankin Hood zai matsa zuwa gefen gabas na hanya, Lafayette McLaws's gefen yamma, kowane daidai da shi.Manufar ita ce su kai farmaki ga rundunar Sojin a wani harin bam, inda suka yi birgima a gefen hagu, tare da ruguza layin rundunar gawarwakin juna, tare da kwace tsaunin Makabarta.^[65] Sashen na uku na Richard H. Anderson zai shiga harin a kan tsakiyar layin Union a Cemetery Ridge a lokacin da ya dace.Wannan shirin ya dogara ne akan kuskuren hankali saboda rashin JEB Stuart da mayaƙansa, ya bar Lee da rashin cikakkiyar fahimtar matsayin abokin gaba.Ya yi imanin cewa gefen hagu na sojojin Tarayyar yana kusa da hanyar Emmitsburg da ke rataye "a cikin iska" (ba tare da wani shinge na halitta ba), kuma wani balaguron safiya na safiya ya yi kama da tabbatar da hakan.^[66] A zahiri, da wayewar watan Yuli 2 layin Union ya shimfiɗa tsayin Cemetery Ridge kuma ya kafa a gindin ƙaramin Zagaye Top.Shirin Lee ya ƙare daga tunaninsa, saboda layin Meade ya mamaye wani ɗan ƙaramin yanki na titin Emmitsburg kusa da garin kansa.Duk wani sojan da ya kai hari kan hanyar zai tarar da gawarwakin kungiyar guda biyu gaba daya da bindigoginsu a likafa a kan rafin da ke gefen damansu na dama.Da tsakar rana, duk da haka, Union General Sickles zai canza duk wannan.^[67]