Da misalin karfe 11:00 na safiyar ranar 3 ga watan Yuli, Stuart ya isa Cress Ridge, kusa da yankin da ake kira East Cavalry Field a yanzu, kuma ya nuna wa Lee cewa yana nan a matsayi ta hanyar ba da umarnin harba bindigogi guda hudu, daya a kowane bangare na kamfas.Wannan kuskure ne na wauta domin shi ma ya faɗakar da Gregg zuwan sa.An sanya brigades na McIntosh da Custer don toshe Stuart.Yayin da Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin suka zo, Gregg ya sa su da makamai masu linzami da kuma kwarewa mafi kyau na mayaƙan doki na Tarayyar Turai sun sami mafi kyawun bindigogi na Stuart.^[114]Shirin Stuart ya kasance ya sanya McIntosh's da Custer's skirmishers a kusa da gonar Rummel da kuma karkatar da Cress Ridge, a gefen hagu na masu kare, amma layin skirmish na Tarayya ya ja da baya;Sojojin daga 5th Michigan Cavalry suna dauke da makamai da Spencer da ke maimaita bindigogi, suna ninka wutar lantarki.Stuart ya yanke shawara akan cajin sojan doki kai tsaye don karya juriyarsu.Ya ba da umarnin kai hari ta 1st Virginia Cavalry, tsohon rejistar nasa, yanzu a cikin brigade na Fitz Lee.An fara gwabza kazamin fadan ne da misalin karfe 1:00 na rana, a daidai lokacin da aka bude wani barikin makami mai linzami na Col. Edward Porter Alexander a kan Cemetery Ridge.Sojojin Fitz Lee sun zo suna ta kwarara cikin gonar John Rummel, suna warwatsa layin skirmish na Union.^[115]Gregg ya umarci Custer ya sake kai hari tare da Michigan na 7.Custer da kansa ya jagoranci rundunar, yana ihu "Ku zo, ku Wolverines!".Guguwar mahayan dawakai ne suka yi karo da juna a fusace a kan layin shingen da ke gonar Rummel.Maza ɗari bakwai sun yi yaƙi a kan shingen da ba kowa a cikin shingen tare da carbi, bindigu da saber.An harbi dokin Custer daga ƙarƙashinsa, kuma ya umarci dokin bugler.Daga ƙarshe dai mutanen Custer sun taru don karya shingen, kuma suka sa 'yan Virginia suka ja da baya.Stuart ya aika da ƙarfafawa daga dukkanin brigades guda uku: 9th da 13th Virginia (Chambliss'Brigade), 1st North Carolina da Jeff Davis Legion (Hampton's) da squadrons daga 2nd Virginia (Lee's).Yunkurin Custer ya karye, kuma Michigan ta 7 ta faɗo a cikin rashin tsaro.^[116]Stuart ya sake gwadawa don samun nasara ta hanyar aika mafi yawan sojojin Wade Hampton, yana haɓaka haɓakawa daga tafiya zuwa gallop, sabers suna walƙiya, suna kiran "gurgin sha'awa" daga burin ƙungiyar su.Ƙungiyoyin batura na sojan doki sun yi ƙoƙari su toshe ci gaba tare da harsashi da gwangwani, amma Confederates sun yi sauri da sauri kuma sun sami damar cika ga mutanen da suka ɓace, suna ci gaba da ci gaba.Yayin da mahayan dawakan ke fama da matsananciyar yunwa a tsakiya, McIntosh da kansa ya jagoranci tawagarsa a kan gefen dama na Hampton yayin da 3rd Pennsylvania karkashin Kyaftin William E. Miller da 1st New Jersey suka bugi Hampton ta hagu daga arewacin gidan Lott.Hampton ya sami mummunan rauni a kai;Custer ya rasa dokinsa na biyu na ranar.An kai hari daga bangarori uku, Confederates sun janye.Sojojin kungiyar ba su da wani sharadi su bi bayan gidan gonar Rummel.^[117]Asarar da aka yi daga mintuna 40 mai tsanani na fada a filin Cavalry na Gabas sun kasance ƙananan ƙananan: 254 Ƙungiyar Tarayyar Turai - 219 daga cikinsu daga Custer's brigade - da 181 Confederate.Ko da yake ba a gama da dabara ba, yaƙin ya kasance hasarar dabara ce ga Stuart da Robert E. Lee, waɗanda shirinsu na tuƙi cikin ƙungiyar Tarayyar Turai ya ci tura.^[118]