Lokacin da Sickles ya zo tare da III Corps, Janar Meade ya umarce shi ya dauki matsayi a kan Cemetery Ridge wanda ya haɗu da II Corps a damansa kuma ya kafa hagunsa a kan Ƙananan Zagaye Top.Tun da farko Sickles ya yi haka, amma bayan la'asar ya damu da wani yanki mai tsayi mai nisan mil 0.7 (mita 1,100) zuwa gabansa, wata gonakin peach mallakar dangin Sherfy.Babu shakka ya tuna da tashin hankali a Chancellorsville, inda aka yi amfani da babban filin (Hazel Grove) da aka tilasta masa ya daina yin amfani da shi azaman dandamalin manyan bindigogi na Confederate.Yin aiki ba tare da izini daga Meade ba, Sickles ya taka gawarwakinsa don mamaye gonar peach.Wannan yana da sakamako mara kyau guda biyu: matsayinsa a yanzu ya ɗauki nau'i mai mahimmanci, wanda za'a iya kaiwa hari daga bangarori da yawa;kuma an tilasta masa ya mamaye layukan da suka fi tsayin dakaru fiye da yadda rundunar sa ta biyu za ta iya karewa.Meade ya hau zuwa matsayi na III Corps kuma ya yi bayani cikin rashin haƙuri "General Sickles, wannan ƙasa ce ta tsaka tsaki, bindigoginmu suna ba da umarninsa, da kuma na abokan gaba.Dalilin da ya sa ba za ku iya riƙe shi ba ya shafe su.^[68] Meade ya fusata game da wannan rashin biyayya, amma ya yi latti don yin wani abu game da shi - harin Confederate ya kusa.^[69]