Rundunar Maj. Janar Henry Heth's Division sun tashi zuwa Gettysburg daga Cashtown.Zuwa yammacin garin Union Brig.Rundunar Sojoji ta Janar John Buford tana zaune a yammacin garin tare da sojoji 2,700.An tura jiga-jigan skirmishers don saduwa da ci gaban Confederate.Sashen Maj. Gen. Henry Heth na Confederate, daga Laftanar Janar AP Hill's Third Corps, ya ci gaba zuwa Gettysburg.Heth bai tura sojan doki ba kuma ya jagoranci, ba tare da wata al'ada ba, tare da bataliyar manyan bindigogi na Maj. William J. Pegram.^[3] Ƙungiyoyin sojojin ƙasa biyu suka biyo baya, Brig.Janar James J. Archer da Joseph R. Davis, suna tafiya gabas a cikin ginshiƙai tare da Chambersburg Pike.