Shirin asali na Lee ya kira Hood da McLaws su kai farmaki a cikin wasan kwaikwayo, amma Longstreet ya hana McLaws baya yayin da Hood ya ci gaba da kai hari.Da misalin karfe 5 na yamma, Longstreet ya ga cewa sashin Hood ya kai ga iyakarsa kuma abokan gaba na gaba sun shiga gaba.Ya umurci McLaws ya aika a cikin brigade na Kershaw, tare da Barksdale's don bi a gefen hagu, fara harin en echelon - brigade daya bayan daya a jere - wanda za a yi amfani da shi don sauran harin da yamma.McLaws ya ji haushin yadda Longstreet ke gudanar da ayyukan brigades.Waɗannan brigades sun shiga cikin wasu yaƙi mafi zubar da jini na yaƙi: Wheatfield da Peach Orchard.Colonel Byron Root Pierce's 3rd Michigan Regiment, wanda wani bangare ne na de Trobriand's brigade, ya tsunduma cikin sojojin Kershaw ta Kudu Carolinian a lokacin kare Peach Orchard.