mil uku (kilomita 4.8) yamma da garin, da misalin karfe 7:30 na safe, runduna biyu na Heth sun gamu da juriya mai haske daga doki vedettes kuma aka tura cikin layi.Daga karshe dai, sun isa ga sojojin da suka sauka daga rundinar sojan doki ta Col. William Gamble.An yi ikirarin harbin farko na yakin Laftanar Marcellus E. Jones na sojan doki na 8 na Illinois ne, ya harba wani mutum da ba a san ko wanene ba akan doki launin toka mai nisan mil mil;aikin na alama ne kawai.^[4] Dakarun Buford 2,748 nan ba da jimawa ba za su fuskanci sojojin 7,600 na Confederate, suna turawa daga ginshiƙai cikin layin yaƙi.^[5]Mutanen Gamble sun hau tsayin daka da dabaru na jinkirtawa daga bayan shingen shinge tare da saurin gobara, galibi daga na'urori masu ɗaukar nauyi.Duk da yake babu wani daga cikin sojojin da ke da makamai da carbin masu maimaita harbi da yawa, sun sami damar harbi sau biyu ko uku cikin sauri fiye da carbin ko bindigar da aka ɗora a ciki tare da carbin ɗinsu na breeching wanda Sharps, Burnside, da sauransu suka kera.^[6] Wasu sojoji a brigade da Brig.Janar William Gamble yana da Spencer yana maimaita bindigogi.Zane-zanen da aka yi amfani da su na kaburbura da bindigu na nufin cewa sojojin ƙungiyar ba dole ba ne su tsaya don sake lodi kuma suna iya yin hakan cikin aminci a bayan fage.Wannan babbar fa'ida ce akan Ƙungiyoyin, waɗanda har yanzu dole ne su tsaya don sake yin lodi, don haka samar da manufa mafi sauƙi.Amma wannan ya zuwa yanzu wani lamari ne marar jini.Da karfe 10:20 na safe, Confederates sun isa Herr Ridge kuma sun tura sojojin doki na Tarayya gabas zuwa McPherson Ridge, lokacin da mai gadin I Corps ya isa, sashin Maj. Gen. James S. Wadsworth.Janar Reynolds ne ya jagoranci sojojin da kansa, wanda ya yi magana da Buford na ɗan lokaci kuma ya yi gaggawar komawa don kawo ƙarin maza gaba.^[7]