Yayin da sojojin Tarayyar suka hau Dutsen Cemetery, sun ci karo da Manjo Janar Winfield Scott Hancock da aka ƙaddara.Da tsakar rana, Janar Meade yana mil tara (kilomita 14) kudu da Gettysburg a Taneytown, Maryland, lokacin da ya ji an kashe Reynolds.Nan da nan ya aika Hancock, kwamandan II Corps da kuma wanda ya fi amincewa da shi, zuwa wurin tare da umarni da ya dauki umurnin filin kuma don sanin ko Gettysburg wuri ne da ya dace don babban yaki.(Tsarin asali na Meade ya kasance ga mutum layin tsaro akan Pipe Creek, ƴan mil mil kudu a Maryland. Amma babban yaƙin da ake yi yana yin wannan zaɓi mai wahala.) ^[51]Lokacin da Hancock ya isa Dutsen Cemetery, ya sadu da Howard kuma sun sami ɗan gajeren rashin jituwa game da umarnin Meade.A matsayinsa na babban jami'in, Howard ya ba da kansa kawai cikin ɓacin rai ga jagorancin Hancock.Ko da yake Hancock ya isa bayan karfe 4:00 na yamma kuma bai ba da umarnin wata ƙungiya a filin a wannan rana ba, ya karɓi iko da sojojin ƙungiyar da suka isa kan tudu kuma ya umarce su zuwa wuraren tsaro tare da "mummunan ƙazanta" (da kuma rashin kunya).Game da zabi na Gettysburg a matsayin fagen fama, Hancock ya gaya wa Howard "Ina ganin wannan matsayi mafi ƙarfi ta yanayi wanda zan yi yaƙin da na taɓa gani."Lokacin da Howard ya amince, Hancock ya kammala tattaunawar: "Madalla, yallabai, na zaɓi wannan a matsayin filin yaƙi."Brig.Janar Gouverneur K. Warren, babban injiniyan sojojin Potomac, ya duba ƙasa kuma ya yi yarjejeniya da Hancock.^[52]