Da karfe 4:30 na yamma, Hood ya tsaya a cikin masu tayar da hankalinsa a gaban Brigade na Texas kuma ya yi ihu, "Gyara bayonets, Texans na jaruntaka! Gaba kuma ɗauka waɗannan tsayi!"Ba a san ko wane tsayin da yake nufi ba.Umarnin nasa shine ya haye titin Emmitsburg da dabaran hagu, yana tafiya arewa tare da gefen hagu yana jagora akan hanya.Wannan sabani ya zama matsala mai tsanani lokacin da, mintuna kaɗan a kan Layin Slyder, Hood ya fashe da wani harsashi da ya fashe a sama, ya raunata hannunsa na hagu sosai tare da fitar da shi daga aiki.Ƙungiyarsa ta yi gaba zuwa gabas, ba ta da ikon tsakiya.^[73]Akwai dalilai guda hudu masu yiwuwa don karkatar da jagorancin sashin: na farko, rundunonin soja na III Corps sun kasance ba zato ba tsammani a yankin Iblis kuma za su yi barazana ga gefen dama na Hood idan ba a magance su ba;na biyu, gobara daga 2nd Sharpshooters na Amurka a gonar Slyder ta ja hankalin abubuwan gubar na Brigade na Law, suna ci gaba da bin su tare da jawo brigadensa zuwa dama;na uku, filin ya kasance m kuma raka'a a zahiri sun rasa jeri na fareti;a ƙarshe, babban ma'aikacin Hood, Janar Law, bai san cewa shi ne ke jagorantar rukunin ba, don haka ba zai iya sarrafa iko ba.^[74]Ƙungiyoyin gubar biyu sun raba ci gaban nasu zuwa bangarori biyu, kodayake ba a kan iyakokin brigade ba.1st Texas da Arkansas na 3 na Brigade na Robertson da na 44th da 48th Alabama na Law's brigade sun nufi hanyar Den Iblis, yayin da Doka ta jagoranci sauran rundunonin guda biyar zuwa Filayen Zagaye.^[75]