 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwaSeptember, Lee akatumira zvikamu zviviri zveLt. Gen. James Longstreets Corps kunosimbisa Confederate Army yeTennessee yeHondo yeChickamauga. Meade aiziva kuti Lee akanga apera simba nokubva kwaLongstreet uye aida kushandisa mukana iwoyo. Meade akafambira mberi nehondo yake kuenda kuRippahannock River muna Nyamavhuvhu, uye musi waGunyana 13 akasundira makoramu akasimba mberi kuti asangane naLee pamwe neRapidan, achitora Culpeper, Virginia, zvichitevera Hondo yeCulpeper Court House. Meade akaronga kushandisa ukuru hwake hwehuwandu hwevanhu mukufamba kwakakura, kwakafanana neyakagadzirirwa naMajor General Joseph Hooker muHondo yeChancellorsville muchirimo ichocho. Zvisinei, pana September 24 Union yaifanira kupedzawo mauto ayo, ichitumira XI neXII Corps kuChattanooga campaignmuTennessee. 