 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waMay 14, 1863, Battery E G, 1st U.S. Artillery yakachinjirwa kuCaptain John C. Tidballs Second Brigade of the Horse Artillery. MaNapoleon ayo mana akareruka 12-pounder akachinjaniswa-mukati nokuda kwezvombo zvina zvema-inch matatu zvombo. Bhatiri rakarovedzwazve se bhomba rinobhururuka bhiza rekupfura mabhiza kusvika muna Chikumi 13, paakabatana neBrigadier General David McMurtrie Greggs Second Division yeArmy of the Potomacs Cavalry Corps. Yakabatanidzwa neFederal cavalry mukutsvaga maConfederates achienda kuchamhembe akananga kuPennsylvania pakupedzisira kuGettysburg, Pennsylvania, bhatiri raRandol rakanga riri muhondo nguva dzose, uye vakadzidza kurwisa sevarwi vemabhiza vachishandisa pfuti dzakapfurwa pamberi pehondo pane kuiswa kumashure uye vachitsigirwa nevanofamba netsoka sezvavakange vamboita: Isu taive kazhinji pamutsetse wekupokana, uye dzimwe nguva kumberi kwayo, uye takadzinga mabhatiri evavengi uye vatasvi vemabhiza kubva munzvimbo dzavo dzese nekukurumidza sezvakasarudzwa, vachibvisa zvimwe zvepfuti dzake, vachiputika limbers uye caissons, uye vachiuraya varume vazhinji nemabhiza. Kururama kwokupfura kwepfuti, kureba kwadzo, uye nyore kwadzingabatwa nadzo, zvakatipa chivimbo mazviri chisina kuzununguswa munguva yasara yehondo.Battery E G yakabatanidzwa muhondo paHondo dzeAldie, Middleburgh, uye Upperville, achifamba neCavalry Corps kuti atore Confederate Cavalry pasi peMajor General J. E. B. Stuarts cavalry apo Hondo yeGettysburg yakatanga. Yakagamuchira mirairo yekuenda yakananga kunhandare yehondo yeGettysburg, kwayakazosvika muna Chikunguru 2 zuva rechipiri rehondo ndokutora chinzvimbo kurudyi kwemutsara weUnion. Musi waChikunguru 3, apo chiito chikuru paGettysburg chakanangana nenzvimbo yeUnion paCemetery Ridge, bhatiri raRandol rakabatana neCavalry Corps vachipesana nevatasvi vemabhiza vaStuart vanoedza kupoteredza Union kurudyi mamaira akati wandei kumabvazuva. Vatasvi vamabhiza veConfederate vakadzoswa zvinobudirira. 