A safiyar ranar 4 ga Yuli, tare da sojojin Lee har yanzu suna nan, Meade ya umarci sojojin dawakinsa su kai ga bayan sojojin Lee.^{[122 <>]} A cikin ruwan sama mai ƙarfi, sojojin sun yi wa juna ido a kan filayen da ake zubar da jini, a rana guda, mai nisan mil 900 (kilomita 1,400), garrison Vicksburg ya mika wuya ga Manjo Janar Ulysses S. Grant.Lee ya sake fasalin layinsa zuwa matsayin tsaro a Seminary Ridge a daren 3 ga Yuli, yana ƙaura daga garin Gettysburg.Ƙungiyoyin Confederates sun kasance a gefen yammacin fagen fama, suna fatan Meade zai kai hari, amma kwamandan kungiyar mai kula da hankali ya yanke shawara game da hadarin, yanke shawara wanda za a soki shi daga baya.Sojojin biyu sun fara tattara ragowar wadanda suka jikkata tare da binne wasu da suka mutu.Meade ya ki amincewa da shawarar da Lee ta yi na musayar fursunoni.^[123]Da yamma da ruwan sama, Lee ya fara matsar da sashin da ba sa fada a cikin sojojinsa zuwa Virginia.Sojojin dawakai karkashin Birgediya Janar John D. Imboden an ba su amanar raka jirgin katanga mai tsawon mil goma sha bakwai na kayayyaki da mutanen da suka jikkata, ta hanyar amfani da doguwar hanya ta Cashtown da Greencastle zuwa Williamsport, Maryland.Bayan faɗuwar rana, sashin yaƙi na sojojin Lee ya fara ja da baya zuwa Virginia ta amfani da hanyar da ta fi kai tsaye (amma mafi tsaunuka) wacce ta fara kan hanyar zuwa Fairfield.^{[124 <]} > Ko da yake Lee ya san ainihin abin da ya kamata ya yi, amma yanayin Meade ya bambanta.Meade ya buƙaci ya kasance a Gettysburg har sai ya tabbata Lee ya tafi.Idan Meade ya bar farko, zai yiwu ya bar budewa ga Lee don zuwa Washington ko Baltimore.Bugu da kari, sojojin da suka fara barin fagen daga, ana daukarsu a matsayin runduna da aka sha kashi.^[125]