 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - MuGettysburg, Brig. Gen. John Buford neboka rake revatasvi vemabhiza vanoona zvikamu zvechikamu chaHenry Heth cheA. P. Hills Third Corps chiri kusvika mutaundi uye vanoziva kuti uto reConfederate riri kusvika. Buford anoziva kuti, nemhedzisiro kubva kuhondo dzakapfuura, maConfederate achatanga kusvika paGettysburg uye otora nzvimbo dzakasimba, achimanikidza Union kuti ivarwise uye iwane kurasikirwa kukuru. Kudzivisa ikoku, anosarudza kumira ndokurwa kwaanenge ari, achirangarira nzvimbo yacho kuva nzvimbo yakanaka yokuderedza kufambira mberi kweConfederate. Buford anotumira shoko kumukuru weI Corps Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds kuti auye nevashandi. Mauto aHeth anobata mauto aBuford mangwanani akatevera, Chikunguru 1, neChipiri Corps yaRichard S. Ewell ichifamba ichivapoteredza. Reynolds anounza boka rake mberi, asi anourawa nomupfuri weConfederate. Mauto eUnion anodzingwa kunze kweGettysburg kuenda kuCemetery Ridge, uye Lee achiramba zano raLongstreet rekudzoka kumaodzanyemba kweGettysburg uye kuenda kunodzivirira anorayira Ewell kutora chinzvimbo cheUnion kana zvichibvira. Zvisinei, Ewell anozengurira uye haapindiri. Mauto anounganidza panzvimbo dzawo dzasarudzwa kwezuva rokutanga. Pahofisi huru yeConfederate paSeminary Ridge, Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble anotsoropodza nehasha kusaita kwaEwell kuna Lee, uye anokumbira rimwe basa. 